Linode opens first Canadian data centre in Toronto

TORONTO – U.S. network and cloud-hosting provider Linode has opened its tenth global data centre in Toronto, allowing its Canadian customers to deploy cloud workloads on homegrown soil.According to a company blog post, Linode Toronto was built using the latest server builds, is connected to its global backbone, and meets the in-country data compliance requirements of the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL).“Roughly one-third of Canada’s developer community calls Toronto home, making it a natural fit for our newest data center and the tens of thousands of Canadian customers who rely on us,” reads the...