Toronto Data Center to Become 'Bigger and Greener'

The Toronto North Data Center Facility is about to get “Greener and Bigger” as Data Centers Canada sets about expanding its Ontario facility in the city of Vaughan. Toward this end, the data center provider announced that it has already begun construction.

“We continue to invest in the expansion of our facilities,” commented Tony Di Benedetto, Managing Partner at Data Centers Canada, in a press release. He added, “Our Toronto North Facility has grown substantially over the past year and we continue our focus on building quality wholesale colocation space in the Canadian geography.”

Well known for its turnkey data center solutions that include colocation and disaster recovery solutions for enterprises, Data Center Canada claims that it can cost effectively expand its data center capacity or outsource existing data center services.

The Toronto North Facility which is located in the Greater Toronto Area in the City of Vaughan, will be expanded to approximately 20,000 square feet with its Phase 4 POD expansion.

As a result of the expansion, there will be a mixture of private cabinet and cage environments and all major Canadian network providers will be available at the facility. There will be three Managed-Meet-Me-Rooms and tenants can access the Data Centers Canada multi-homed BGP platform. The facility can accommodate up to 300 watts per square foot power density.

More importantly, the emphasis will be on the use of power and cooling technologies that make the facility energy efficient. The data center company is working in collaboration with PowerStream to further its green program. With the incorporation of free air cooling and air containment systems, Data Centers Canada hopes to reduce its carbon footprint.

This project is expected to be completed by March 2012.

In other news,  Data Centers Canada announced that it has established a network peering partnership with the Ottawa Internet Exchange also commonly known as OTTIX.