TORONTO – Rogers Communications has created a new operating unit called Rogers Data Centres and will open a new flagship data centre in Calgary early next year.
The company said Wednesday that its Calgary facility will open in January, 2014 with 80,000 square feet of raised space, state-of-the-art and highly efficient cooling systems, world-class security measures, 24/7 support, and will meet Uptime Institute's Tier III standards. Rogers also said that it has expanded its Edmonton facility with approximately 6,000 square feet of newly-constructed raised floor space.
Earlier this year, Rogers bought Blackiron Data, Pivot Data Centres and Granite Networks to expand its data centre and cloud-based business solutions. Rogers Data Centres now operates in 14 locations across the country, servicing over 870 small, medium, government and enterprise clients.
"Our new data centre offerings in Alberta present a significant growth opportunity in Western Canada's business-to-business market," said AJ Byers, president of Rogers Data Centres, in the news release. "We have experienced strong demand for data centre services in Western Canada, and the two expansions announced today are the core platform allowing us to deliver enhanced data centre, cloud and managed technology services to Alberta's thriving business community."
