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CenturyLink taps Toronto for data centre expansion

MONROE, LA – U.S. telecommunications company CenturyLink has chosen Toronto as one of eight new markets to expand its global data centres.The opening of three new data centers in North America, (the other locations are Phoenix and Minneapolis), are in addition to expansions to five existing CenturyLink data centers, which together will offer more than 20 megawatts of additional power and in excess of 180,000 square feet of additional space and to the company’s total data centre footprint.As Cartt.ca reported, the data centre is scheduled to open later this year in Markham, just north of Toronto, and will be operated by...