Toronto North Data Center Vaughan Facility Expands to 20,000 SqFt.

 

Some exciting news was just released, we are expanding our Toronto North Facility to 20,000 SqFt by March 2012.   Please read the full press release.

Our Toronto North Data Center Facility which is located in the Greater Toronto Area has been growing very rapidly over the past couple years.   This site offers wholesale colocation services to its clients both local and abroad.

With todays announcement, Toronto North will double in size and will continue to offer more of the same popular products and services Data Centers Canada has become known for – Wholesale Colocation.

New infrastructure will commence arriving as early as next week and will include an array of Eaton Powerware UPS units, diesel generators, raised flooring, and hundreds of server cabinets.

Luckly, our power infrastructure at the Toronto North Facility was increased earlier this year with the help of PowerStream, therefore this will be a realitively easy expansion for the group (no underground digging required).

With the expansion, we will also be adding an additional Managed-Meet-Me-Room (MMR) to bring the total to three within the facility.   Many of our fiber network partners will be bringing in alternative fiber routes within the facility to create multi-levels of path diversification to the facility.   We currently have diverse fiber paths entering the building, this will simply augment the existing diversification.

Additional client meeting rooms, flex stations and lounges will be added to the facility to create additional amenities for our staff and clients.

I would like to thank all our clients new and old, on the great support they have provided us over the past years to help us continue growing strong and continue to expand our Canadian data center footprint.    We will continue to provide you the same level of service and care as you have been accustomed to, with a laser like focus on delivering one solution – Wholesale Colocation.

Stay tuned for new updates on the construction of the Phase 4 build.

Tony.

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SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) Friendly Hosting in Canada ?

 

The highly controversial Stop Online Piracy Act also known as SOPA (HR 3261) which was introduced to the US House of Represenatives on October 26, 2011 by Lamar Smith is making quite a bit of buzz in the on-line community.  

This bill which was introduced in October 26, 2011 was introduced to restrict the various forms of on-line piracy which are popping up all over the web.    This includes; video streaming, music capturing, game streaming, downloading movies / music, etc.  - the list goes on and on.   Basically, if your copying, watching or listening on-line to content which you haven’t paid for then the SOPA act puts that to an end.

This legislation goes one step further, it also impacts the online advertising networks and payment gateway systems such as PayPal from interacting with these questionable websites.   This legislation, is dubbed the; “be all and end all to on-line piracy”.  

One would think that this type of legislation was expected to come sooner than later in the United States of America.   It seems that what Napster created back in the 90′s has escalated to an all out piracy frenzy on the web.   Industries including the; movies, music, on-line publishing, etc. have been greatly impacted by the ease of distribution of their “hacked” content via the web.  

Canada though still seems to remain a safe haven.   The Canadian Government has not annunced any SOPA type initiatives, maybe they are waiting to see what happens in the United States first.   

We will keep watching this situation and see how it progresses, in the mean time.

SOPA

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