Cogeco Data Services, Peer 1 Hosting unveil new Montreal data centre facility

MONTREAL - Cogeco Cable subsidiaries Cogeco Data Services and Peer 1 Hosting officially opened a new 100,000-square-foot data centre in Kirkland, on the island of Montreal, Friday.The 100,000-square-foot centre is the first in Canada to offer consumption-based power billing, the most technologically advanced in the region, and represents a commitment in the order of more than $100 million over time, reads the news release.The ideal location for customers designing a data hosting, disaster recovery or business continuity solution, the facility is designed for a capacity of up to 16.5 Mega Watts, built to Tier 3 standards and backed by the...