TELUS to invest $33 million in eco-friendly IT facility in Laval

MONTREAL – TELUS on Wednesday announced it was investing $33 million in an eco-friendly IT data centre in Laval. The facility will be an Uptime Institute Tier III certified Internet data centre that will be designed according to the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) standard. The centre will house extremely powerful computer services with redundant power, cooling and security systems. TELUS currently operates eight data centres across Canada, which are connected to the company’s national Internet protocol (IP) network. “Our customers, whether they serve the health, financial or transportation sector, rely on TELUS’ leading IT team to protect...