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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation and data center provider Q9 Networks (www.q9.com) announced on Monday it has opened its sixth data center in the Greater Toronto Area.
The company first announced last June it would invest $125 million to build the data center, making it its largest-ever investment.
In response to strong demand, the company decided to build two phases comprising 2MW of critical customer capacity, instead of the single phase originally planned.
The data center operator said it will open the second phase of the new data center later this quarter.
The new 240,000 square foot data center is located adjacent to Q9′s existing Brampton data centers, the new facility creates Canada’s largest commercial data center campus with capacity in place to support 8MW of critical customer load.
Capacity is being built out in phases, with sufficient expansion available on-site to support a capacity of more than 15MW on the same campus.
Over the last three years, Q9 has nearly doubled its capacity across Canada to meet its continuously growing customer demand.
At the same time, Q9 acquired real estate sufficient to triple current capacity within its existing footprint.
“We are unique in the industry for having an exceptional in-house data centre design and build team,” says Q9 CEO Osama Arafat. “This significant competitive advantage allows us to quickly respond to changing customer needs and deliver capacity in very aggressive timeframes, without compromising quality or reliability. In this case, we completed the build-out in less than six short months.”
The new data center is built to Q9′s high standards and includes such features as outside air cooling capability to maximize energy efficiency, biometric security systems, multiple connections to the Internet, redundant power, HVAC and fire suppression systems, as well as 24-hour on-site security and technical support teams.
The facility has access to redundant high-speed links connecting it to other Q9 data centers in the GTA, giving customers a wide range of business continuity options using two or more Q9 data centers.
With the new Toronto-area facility, Q9 has nine operational data centers with a tenth facility set to open in April in Kamloops, British Columbia.
Since 2000, investments in data center capacity have totaled more than $335 million. Q9 secured $210 million in new financing in April 2010 and is backed by private equity investment firm, ABRY Partners.
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