Solutions · Colocation Services Canada
Colocation Services Canada -
Sovereign. Certified. Available Now.
Enterprise-grade, carrier-neutral colocation across 9 Canadian data centres in 5 markets. 100% Canadian-owned infrastructure under Canadian jurisdiction. 17 MW available today - no waitlists, no projected delivery dates.
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Why Colocation at Qu
Three answers your buying committee is actually asking
Your procurement team has a checklist. Your compliance team has a different one. Your CFO has another. Here is where they all converge.
The alternative to building your own
Building and operating a private Tier III data centre requires hundreds of millions in capital and years to deliver. Colocation gives you that infrastructure immediately on an OpEx model. It is the default choice for enterprises moving off aging on-premises gear, and the proven path for organizations that have repatriated workloads from public cloud and need a sovereign Canadian landing zone.
How colocation compares to cloudSovereign by structure, not by claim
Canada's own Treasury Board has noted that data stored with a foreign-owned provider is not sovereign, regardless of where the servers sit. Qu is 100% Canadian-owned. Your data is not subject to the US CLOUD Act or any foreign legal authority. No contract from a provider headquartered outside Canada can replicate that. It is a structural fact of ownership.
Our sovereignty frameworkAvailable now, not on a pipeline
Most new Canadian data centre capacity is pre-committed to hyperscalers and years from delivery. Qu has 17 MW of live, powered infrastructure ready for deployment today across five Canadian markets. When your business needs capacity, our answer is not a projected onboarding date. Our solutions architects move from first conversation to a signed proposal within a week.
View capacity by marketHigh-Density Colocation
Built for GPU clusters, AI, and HPC workloads
Standard rack densities were designed for traditional enterprise compute. GPU clusters, AI training, and high-performance computing demand more power per rack than most facilities can deliver. Qu's high-density environments are engineered specifically for these workloads.
What high-density colocation includes
Workloads it supports
Remote Hands
On-site support without the travel
Our technicians are on-site 24/7 at every facility. When something needs physical attention - a reboot, a cable swap, a visual check, a media hand-off - you contact us and we handle it. You do not need to travel to the data centre.
What remote hands covers
On-Site Amenities
Everything your team needs on-site
Installs, maintenance windows, and equipment staging are easier when the facility is built for them. Qu facilities include the physical amenities that make customer visits productive.
Facility amenities
Sovereignty
Canadian Jurisdiction. No Exceptions.
Qu Data Centres is 100% Canadian-owned, operated by Canadians, and subject exclusively to Canadian law. When your infrastructure is colocated at Qu, your data cannot be compelled by the US CLOUD Act or any foreign legal authority. That is not a marketing claim - it is a structural fact of our ownership that no contractual commitment from a foreign-owned provider can replicate.
A data centre physically in Canada but owned by a US corporation remains subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act. Canadian ownership is what determines which legal system governs your data.
Certifications
Independently Certified at Every Facility
Four Uptime Institute Tier III certified facilities. ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2, HIPAA, GLBA, CSAE 3416, ISAE 3402, and PCI DSS across our infrastructure - the independent audit documentation that federal procurement, healthcare, and financial services compliance teams require before a contract is signed.
Uptime Institute Tier III guarantees 99.982% availability through concurrently maintainable infrastructure with no single points of failure. Four certified facilities - one of the highest concentrations among Canadian colocation operators.
Infrastructure and Connectivity
Built for enterprise and AI workloads
Purpose-built enterprise infrastructure with carrier-neutral connectivity. Not repurposed telco real estate. Not a secondary product from a larger corporate agenda.
Facility infrastructure
Carrier-neutral connectivity
Want the full technical specs?
Our solutions architects can send you facility specs, power and cooling details, and certification matrices for any location.
Industries Served
Infrastructure for Canada's most demanding sectors
750+ enterprise customers across financial services, government, healthcare, and energy - many running mission-critical workloads on Qu infrastructure for over a decade.
OSFI-Regulated Financial Institutions
Banks, credit unions, insurance companies, and pension funds regulated by OSFI require infrastructure that satisfies technology and cyber risk guidelines alongside data sovereignty requirements. Qu's SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2, CSAE 3416, and PCI DSS certifications provide the independent audit documentation OSFI compliance teams need. More critically, Qu's Canadian ownership ensures data is never subject to the US CLOUD Act - a structural requirement for institutions where sovereignty is a regulatory obligation, not a preference.
Federal Government and Crown Corporations
Federal departments - from ESDC and CRA to DND and IRCC - require infrastructure satisfying the Government of Canada's sovereign cloud mandate and Treasury Board data residency requirements. Qu's Ottawa facilities provide the sovereign-by-structure alternative to foreign-owned providers. SOC 1/2, CSAE/ISAE, and ISO 27001 certifications are the documentation federal procurement teams require to defend a vendor selection in committee. We operate three facilities in the National Capital Region and can provide certification matrices for RFP responses.
Healthcare and PHIPA-Compliant Organizations
Ontario's PHIPA requirements and federal health data standards require that patient information operate under Canadian jurisdiction. Qu holds HIPAA certification alongside ISO 27001 and SOC 2 at every facility - the combination that healthcare procurement teams require before approving a colocation vendor. Qu's Canadian ownership ensures patient data never becomes subject to foreign legal process, regardless of cross-border operational relationships.
Energy, Oil and Gas Operations Technology
Alberta's energy sector generates some of Canada's most demanding infrastructure requirements - SCADA systems, operational technology, real-time data pipelines, and high-density analytics workloads. Qu's Calgary and Edmonton facilities serve energy operators with carrier-neutral, low-latency infrastructure. CGY3 in Airdrie delivers Tier III redundancy and 9 MW expandable capacity for the mission-critical OT environments that energy operations demand. DR pairing across Calgary and Edmonton provides geodiverse Alberta-contained redundancy under a single commercial agreement.
Technology Companies and Managed Service Providers
SaaS companies, technology providers, and MSPs reselling infrastructure to their own clients need a colocation partner that doesn't compete with them in the market. Qu's wholesale and cage options provide the physical foundation that Canadian technology businesses build on - with Megaport connectivity for cloud on-ramps, carrier-neutral infrastructure for network flexibility, and Canadian sovereignty as a product differentiator your clients can rely on. Partner pathways available for wholesale, resale, and technology integrators.
Locations
Deploy where your business operates
Nine facilities across five Canadian markets. Available today. Each market is linked to a dedicated location page with full facility specs, certifications, and carrier rosters.
Toronto
TOR3 · Markham · Tier III · 10 MW · 30 kW/rack · Ontario financial hub
ExploreOttawa
3 facilities · OTT2 Nepean, OTT3 Kanata Tier III · Federal government hub
ExploreCalgary
3 facilities · CGY1, CGY2 Downtown, CGY3 Airdrie Tier III · Alberta energy
ExploreEdmonton
2 facilities · EDM1 Financial Core, EDM2 Tier III · Alberta government hub
ExploreBuild on Your Foundation
Colocation is where it starts
Colocation is the physical foundation. What you build on top of it determines how far it takes you. Every Qu service is designed to layer onto your colocated infrastructure without changing your commercial relationship.
Backup and Disaster Recovery
Multi-facility DR and backup across Qu's nine Canadian locations. Veeam Cloud Connect and Zerto DRaaS with seconds RPO and minutes RTO. Canadian data never crosses national borders.
See Backup and DRVirtual and Private Cloud
Single-tenant Private Cloud IaaS and multi-tenant VPC - both fully managed by Qu system administrators and hosted within Qu's own Tier III facilities. Sovereign cloud without the hyperscaler lock-in.
See Virtual and Private CloudManaged Services
Your colocated infrastructure, Qu's expertise. 24/7 Remote Hands, Managed Server (Windows and RHEL), and Managed Firewall (Fortigate). Tiered packages available - monitoring only through fully managed.
See Managed ServicesFAQ
Colocation questions - answered
Answers to the questions buyers, compliance teams, and government procurement officers ask before signing a colocation contract.
Ready to deploy sovereign colocation in Canada?
Our solutions architects assess your infrastructure requirements, identify the right deployment market, and build a colocation proposal at no cost. Conversations with Qu typically move to proposal within a week.