Q9 Networks Inc. has announced it has acquired a building and property in the Calgary, Alberta area to house its third datacenter in the city. Q9 invested $20 million in the building and property and intends to invest up to $30 million more to build out an initial capacity of 1,200 cabinet equivalents. The first phase of capacity in this facility is expected to open in the summer of 2009. The new facility has a potential total capacity of more than 10,000 cabinet equivalents. Capacity will be brought on-stream in a phased approach as required.
The investment, Q9's largest initial investment in a single facility to date, is in response to continued strong demand for high-availability datacenter space and comes just over a year since Q9 opened its second Calgary datacenter. Including this announcement, Q9 will have invested approximately $85 million in the Calgary market.
The datacenter's infrastructure will be built to the same exacting standards as all Q9 datacenters and is expected to include 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 7x24 on-site security and technical support teams. "Today's announcement represents our commitment to maintaining and growing our leadership position in the Calgary market," said Osama Arafat, chief executive officer, Q9 Networks. "With this investment, we are demonstrating to our customers that we can grow along with them for the foreseeable future. We are excited by the opportunity this expansion represents and look forward to continuing to serve this market with state-of-the-art facilities and services."
Q9 designs, builds and operates its datacenters to meet the most demanding IT infrastructure requirements, including the increased power and cooling demands of today's high density computing devices.