Data centers in the Toronto market
The Toronto market, as defined here, takes in every listed facility within 50 km of Toronto: 56 data centers in 7 towns and cities, led by Toronto (29), Markham (11), Mississauga (9) and Brampton (3). That is 31% of the listings in Canada, the largest of 2 markets there.
The operators with the most listings are Equinix (6), Cologix (5) and Digital Realty (4), out of 19 named operators.
The three operators with the most listings hold 27% of them; 11 of the 19 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 22 MW of IT load across 3 buildings and 38 MW of utility power across 3 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 5 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (5 Tier III). Tier III: Mississauga Data Centre, YYZ2-A Phase I (Formerly TR3), 2PCC Data Centre, Phase 1A, Green Datacenter and 1 other.
About the Toronto market
The directory lists 56 data centers in the Toronto market, 28th among the 64 markets it covers and 31 percent of all listings in Canada. They are run by 19 operators in 7 towns and cities. Toronto itself holds 29 of them, 52 percent of the market, followed by Markham with 11, Mississauga with 9 and Brampton with 3.
Equinix has the most listings, 6, followed by Cologix with 5, and Centersquare and Digital Realty with 4 each. The list also includes Rogers Communications and Royal Bank of Canada, with 2 sites each. Colocation sites account for 32 of the records and enterprise facilities for 8.
Capacity is published in two measures that should not be added together. Of the 3 buildings with a published IT load, the largest is Serverfarm TOR1 in Toronto at 14 MW. Of the 3 with a published utility supply, all Digital Realty, the largest is Digital Realty TOR1 at 27.6 MW. Digital Realty TOR1 is also the largest listed building by floor area, at 577,000 square feet, ahead of Telehouse Toronto 151 Front Street West and Equinix TR2.
Only 3 listed facilities are recorded as operational and the other 53 carry no status in the data; none is listed as under construction or planned. 5 hold an Uptime Institute certification, all at Tier III.
Towns and cities
Toronto (29) · Markham (11) · Mississauga (9) · Brampton (3) · East York (1) · Milton (1) · Scarborough (1)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Equinix | 6 |
| Cologix | 5 |
| Centersquare | 4 |
| Digital Realty | 4 |
| Telehouse | 3 |
| Compass | 2 |
| Rogers Communications | 2 |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 2 |
| CGI | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Loblaw Companies Limited | 1 |
| Lumen | 1 |
| Microsoft | 1 |
| Oracle | 1 |
| Pathway Communications & NetPulse Services | 1 |
| STACK Infrastructure | 1 |
| Serverfarm | 1 |
| TD Bank Group | 1 |
| Yondr | 1 |
Largest data centers in the Toronto market by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of IT load |
|---|---|---|
| Serverfarm TOR1 – Toronto Data Center | Serverfarm | 14 |
| Centersquare Markham YYZ2 Data Center | Centersquare | 4.3 |
| Centersquare Mississauga YYZ1 Data Center | Centersquare | 3.2 |
Top 10 of 3 buildings that publish their IT load in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty TOR1 | Digital Realty | 577,000 |
| Telehouse Toronto 151 Front Street West | Telehouse | 205,000 |
| Equinix Toronto TR2 | Equinix | 108,976 |
| Digital Realty YYZ10 | Digital Realty | 104,500 |
| Equinix Toronto TR7 | Equinix | 85,767 |
| Telehouse Toronto 250 Front Street West | Telehouse | 82,000 |
| Serverfarm TOR1 – Toronto Data Center | Serverfarm | 78,300 |
| Telehouse Toronto 905 King Street West | Telehouse | 69,000 |
| Cologix TOR4 Data Center | Cologix | 50,000 |
| Cologix TOR5 Data Center | Cologix | 40,000 |
| EdgeConneX Toronto, Canada | EdgeConneX | 38,900 |
| Equinix Toronto TR4 | Equinix | 38,868 |
| Centersquare Markham YYZ2 Data Center | Centersquare | 37,135 |
| Equinix Toronto TR1 | Equinix | 36,081 |
| Equinix Toronto TR6 | Equinix | 31,194 |
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