US-based data center services provider Savvis has launched its virtual-data center offering in Canada to tackle growing demand in that market for enterprise-grade cloud services, the company announced Tuesday.

The launch of Symphony Virtual Private Data Center (VPDC) in Canada gives Savvis – subsidiary of the US telco CenturyLink – better hooks into the Canadian enterprise market, where it has already been providing services like colocation, managed hosting and network.

John Witte, VP and regional leader for Savvis in Canada, said extending Symphony VPDC into Canada was a way to capture both local and international demand. “The launch of Symphony VPDC on Canadian soil enables regional enterprises and global Savvis clients to improve their business agility through improved efficiency from their IT infrastructure,” he said.

Symphony VPDC gives clients a private virtual data center hosted by a physical infrastructure shared with other clients – Savvis’ cloud. Canadian VPDC services are hosted by the company’s Toronto data center.

Savvis offers different tiers of security, service and network profiles for VPDC, so customers can match their services to their needs. The provider also says turning a VPDC into a hybrid-cloud set-up is easy, as VPDC infrastructure integrates seamlessly with the company’s managed hosting, colocation and network services.

The offering is one of several Savvis products branded as Symphony. The provider also offers dedicated private-cloud infrastructure, a public-cloud option and database as a service.

The announcement continues a recent push by Savvis to extend its cloud services to new territories around the world.

In March, the company announced the roll-out of cloud services in Hong Kong, and in February, it did the same for Japan.

Savvis has a global network and data center infrastructure consisting of more than 50 data centers housing more than 2m sq ft of raised floor total.