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The Spencer Building Carrier Hotel in Vancouver’s downtown Harbour Centre Complex is expanding its data centre by an additional five megawatts, more than doubling the capacity of the facility.
The move is in response to growing North American demand for data centre services, the firm states in its announcement. The Harbour Centre complex currently offers 3 MW of capacity at the newly built-out facility.
"Today's businesses, whether global enterprises, cloud providers, AI developers, carriers or from other business verticals, face a dual challenge of having to address escalating data demands and rising costs for data centre services," Scott Despot, director of business development and sales at Spencer Building Carrier Hotel, said in the announcement. "That's why we're thrilled to offer new, customizable data centre options within the Spencer Building.
“It's a significant expansion that will empower businesses to scale efficiently in Vancouver and serve customers or business partners throughout the rest of Canada, the U.S., and APAC regions. With this, we're redefining what it means to establish a footprint in Vancouver."
The Spencer Building Carrier Hotel expansion
The new capacity will be built out on the Spencer Building’s sixth floor, comprising 23,000 square feet of contiguous space. It will occur in two phases over the next two to three years.
- Data Hall 1: Offering 2.5 MW of power, the hall is designed with flexible build-to-suit configurations based on client needs and scalable power options of up to 40 kW per cabinet. Space is available now for concurrent buildout.
- Data Hall 2: Slated for 2027, this hall will provide an additional 2.5 MW of capacity, further enhancing the Spencer Building's infrastructure.
The expansion will be linked to its existing Meet-Me-Room 5 (MMR5) and Colo5 infrastructure, as well as Harbour Centre's existing MMRs.
The firm notes the new capacity will position Vancouver as a potential choice for businesses facing difficulties in increasingly competitive Tier 1 and Tier 2 North American regions.
As part of the Harbour Centre Complex, the Spencer Building Carrier Hotel at 515 West Hastings St., is a 43,000-square-foot facility providing enterprises, cloud providers, carriers, AI developers and other companies with data centre capacity in Vancouver's growing digital market.
The century-old former department store building sits beside the Harbour Centre tower, which also contains data centre operations. The tower stands 40 storeys and is topped by the distinctive Vancouver Lookout.
The buildings are owned and operated by Polaris Realty, which also owns the carrier hotel operations.
With access to all major Canadian telecommunications providers, Tier 1 network operators and peering exchanges, including a direct connection to VANIX, the Harbour Centre Complex is a prime location for those seeking a strategic footprint on Canada's west coast.
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