data centres
Canadian Property Management
New split for global adjustment costs explored
Ontario proposes a distinct electricity rate class for new data centres, as part of a package of requirements for facilities seeking to connect to the provincial power grid.
REMI Network
India poses hyperscale draw for CPP Investments
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has joined forces with the India-based data centre operator, CtrlS, to develop hyperscale campuses across that country.
Canadian Property Management
Data centre performance standards in the works
Prominent industry-led organizations that promote sustainability in the built environment have joined forces to develop performance standards for data centres.
Canadian Property Management
Powering up data centre development
Energy management and innovation could be a key enabler and sustainable competitive edge for data centre development and related economic growth tied to smart technologies and artificial intelligence.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Data centres and their impact on facility managers
Many Canadians may be surprised to learn that the country already hosts more than 300 data centres, including some built specifically for artificial intelligence. Microsoft
Canadian Property Management
CPP Investments inks Nordic data centre deal
CPP Investments is furthering its collaboration with the global digital infrastructure company, Equinix, through joint acquisition of the atNorth data centre portfolio, stretching across five Nordic nations.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
A look at Canadian data centres and water consumption
Artificial intelligence (AI) data centres are rapidly transforming the North American landscape, appearing swiftly and unexpectedly across Canada. The central issue centres on water usage,
Canadian Property Management
GRESB to pilot data centre benchmark
GRESB, the global assessment of ESG performance in commercial real estate portfolios, will begin testing a dedicated sustainability benchmark for data centres in the fall of 2025.
Canadian Property Management
CPP Investments lends on data centre expansion
CPP Investments and Deutsch Bank will jointly provide $550 million in construction financing for a 54-megawatt hyperscale facility in Cambridge, Ontario.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario reorients electricity grid access
Data centre development that aligns with Ontario’s economic development priorities has been promised a preferential place in the queue to connect to the electricity grid.
REMI Network
Stantec designing multiple AI data centres in Alberta
One company has multi-year program to build AI data centres across Alberta.
Canadian Property Management
Data centre investment rests on solid energy
Canada could be well positioned to capture more data centre investment if the United States government continues to antagonize its trade partners.
Canadian Property Management
CPP Investments steps up data centre strategy
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has committed to a USD $5.6 billion investment in hyperscale data facilities through a newly announced joint venture.
Canadian Property Management
Data centres draw investment interest
Surging need for connectivity to enable burgeoning technologies like AI and the smart electricity grid has positioned data centres to be favoured investment assets into the future.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
ASHRAE opens portal to data centre guidance
ASHRAE has consolidated a range of technical guidance for the design and operations of data centres in a new special section of its website.
Canadian Property Management
Fengate ups digital infrastructure investment
Fengate Asset Management has increased its equity stake in Canadian digital infrastructure with a newly inked $1.8 billion investment in eStruxture Data Centers.
REMI Network
Stantec to acquire Morrison Hershfield
Stantec is set to acquire Morrison Hershfield, a 1,150-person engineering and management firm headquartered in Markham, Ontario.
