151 Front Street is Canada's largest carrier hotel, where the telecom, Internet service providers, and content companies colocate to exchange traffic (peer) between their respective networks.
Equinix's facilities in Toronto has a long history that includes several acquisitions. The original suites now operated by Equinix at 151 Front Street began with RACO, a Canadian company that Switch and Data acquired in 2004.
Cologix’s second Toronto data centre site at 905 King Street (TOR 2) was built using standards for concurrent maintainability for space, power, mechanical systems and security. The TOR 2 data centre can be utilized as a stand-alone, diverse bypass facility to Cologix's TOR 1 data centre at 151 Front Street.
The building was sold to 1547 Critical Systems Realty in 2018. As part of the deal, 1547 will handle wholesale deals in the building. While I.C.E will manage all the retail colocation deployments.
As Canada’s economic hub, Toronto is also home to a growing amount of data centres. The nexus of network interconnection is at the 151 Front Street carrier hotel which is owned by Allied REIT.
| Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Century Place (TOR1) Digital Realty | 226,000 | 46.00 | ||
| Compass Toronto Etobicoke | 30.00 | |||
| ServerFarm Toronto TOR1 | 30,000 | 21.00 | ||
| Equinix Brampton TR7 | 185,000 | 13.28 | ||
| Equinix Toronto TR2 | 106,500 | 10.00 | ||
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| Company | Region Name | Site Name | Building SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MWs) | Estimated Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STACK | Toronto | STACK Toronto | 8.0 | Jul 01 2022 | ||
| Urbacon Data Centre Solutions | Toronto | Urbacon - Richmond Hill, ON | 94691 | 8.0 | ||
| Total | 94691 | 0 | 16.0 |
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