MONTREAL – Colo-D has announced plans to develop a new 150 MW data center in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, a move that it says will make it Canada's largest data center provider for enterprise customers.
The 500,000 sq. ft. campus, to be known as D3, will be powered by two redundant 315 kV electrical feeds, each serviced by two separate high-voltage sub-stations. Located 15 km from downtown Montreal, the D3 campus will offer an abundance of fully redundant and diverse paths, including links to international telecom hubs. It will also be connected to Colo-D's other data centers via diverse fibre optic routes, offering customers the ability to build redundant geo-clustering solutions at sites in different climates and seismic zones, says the news release.
"With our new D3 campus, we will become one of North America's leaders in providing wholesale data center solutions”, said Colo-D president and CEO Patrick David, in the release. “We are excited to offer a rich and unique ecosystem of data centers for customers looking to implement large-scale solutions in a region that is becoming a global data center hub."
Colo-D also said that it is expanding its Longueuil site, known as D2, by adding 15 MW in order to meet high demand. This 80,000 sq. ft. expansion has been made possible by the acquisition of the adjacent building.
