Over the past several years the popularity of Canadian data centers or also known as colocation facilities has been on the upswing. These colocation facilities located in Canada offer a number of key benefits such as; Climate, Infrastructure, Political Environment and Infrastructure. Our societies need to store and access data on the fly today has resulted in increased demand for added data center capacity and the hunt for the ideal environment to house such facilities. Toronto, Ontario - being a major urban center has become a very popular choice for data center facilities to emerge as the City offers a number of elements which makes locating there very attractive.
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Infrastructure - Canada, especially in major urban centers such as Toronto have access to ample power capacity, excellent fiber network interconnect infrastructure and relatively speaking is fairly inexpensive to access.
Political Environment - If you're looking to house your sensitive data in a colocation center, you need to ensure that the country is politically stable which Canada is. Furthermore, with the recent financial meltdown - Canada has remained once of the most stable in its financial underpinnings most notably due to our highly regulated banking sector.
Privacy Legislation - Canada's Privacy Act is a solid protection mechanism to ensure organization's privacy is maintained. This is very different in the USA where the Patriot Act in essence strips all privacy rights from the data holder and gives full power to the Government agencies to monitor, audit and review any data which resides on US ground.
Toronto - The Ideal City to House a Colocation
The Connected Lifestyle
As we become more and more a connected community, …show more content…
Infrastructure - Canada, especially in major urban centers such as Toronto have access to ample power capacity, excellent fiber network interconnect infrastructure and relatively speaking is fairly inexpensive to access.
Political Environment - If you're looking to house your sensitive data in a colocation center, you need to ensure that the country is politically stable which Canada is. Furthermore, with the recent financial meltdown - Canada has remained once of the most stable in its financial underpinnings most notably due to our highly regulated banking sector.
Privacy Legislation - Canada's Privacy Act is a solid protection mechanism to ensure organization's privacy is maintained. This is very different in the USA where the Patriot Act in essence strips all privacy rights from the data holder and gives full power to the Government agencies to monitor, audit and review any data which resides on US ground.
Toronto - The Ideal City to House a Colocation