Hut 8 Kelowna - Data Center Infrastructure

GigaCenter, situated near the international airport and major highway in Kelowna, BC, Canada, is recognized by CIO magazine as one of the best and safest places in North America for a data center. Phase 1 encompasses 30,000 sq. ft., with Phase 2 expanding to 120,000 sq. ft., and a total power capacity of 40 Megawatts. Designed and engineered by IBM's Big Green Team, the data center boasts a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.38, making it one of the greenest data centers in its class, powered by hydroelectric energy. The facility is tailored for cloud computing and advanced colocation, supporting tiers 2 and 3, with a cold aisle design and up to 5x cooling capacity compared to standard data centers. It features a 10Gbps fully converged network to the rack and offers 24/7 access, staffing, security, remote hands, automatic fire suppression, video surveillance, generator, UPS, alarm system, and air conditioning. Services include rental of suites, rooms, cages, footprints, racks, hosting of individual servers, dedicated servers, virtual servers, cloud hosting, and office space. Connectivity is robust with multiple carriers at 10 Gbps or higher, alongside RackForce's 10Gbps private connection linking Kelowna to Calgary, Toronto, and down the west coast to Vancouver and Seattle. The network, utilizing the latest Cisco datacenter equipment, ensures redundancy and instant availability, with Cisco Datacenter 3.0 and Nexus 7200 technologies virtualizing the entire network layer inside the center. Office space is also available for disaster recovery teams.

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GigaCenter Kelowna

Company: RackForce

Hut 8 Mining acquired RackForce in 2015

Hut 8 | 2130 Leckie Pl | V1Y 6H7 Kelowna | Canada

Operates 5 Data Centers