Q9 Networks Inc., a leading Canadian provider of outsourced data center infrastructure, has reported the opening of its second Calgary data center. The data center opens with more than 22 per cent of its capacity already reserved by new and existing customers, including a previously announced anchor tenant.
The new data center has a total capacity of 1,200 cabinet equivalents and was built at a total cost of approximately CAN$20 million. Located outside the downtown core, the new Calgary data center provides a state-of-the-art environment that can be used as a primary facility or as an active disaster recovery site. Biometric security systems, video surveillance, on-site security officers and redundant power, HVAC and fire-suppression systems ensure the highest levels of security and reliability for customer equipment.
"Today's announcement marks another successful milestone as we execute the largest expansion of data center space currently underway in Canada," said Osama Arafat, CEO, Q9 Networks. "I am also delighted to report that we have succeeded in booking orders for almost one quarter of the data center's capacity, with customers beginning to install immediately. We expect to see a gradual increase in revenue from these customer installations as contracted deployment schedules are completed over the coming months and years. We are very well situated to meet continued strong demand in Alberta and further solidify our leadership position in this key market."
The new Calgary data center is the second of three major expansion projects scheduled to open in 2007. The other projects include a new 1,000 cabinet equivalent data center in Toronto that opened in January 2007 and a 1,200 cabinet equivalent expansion of Q9's Brampton data center scheduled to open in the fall of 2007. When complete, these expansions will establish Q9 as one of the largest operators of data center facilities in Canada with a total capacity of more than 7,200 cabinet equivalents.