Data centres: your questions.

Cooling designs differ. Dry coolers and air-cooled chillers reject heat to outdoor air without routine evaporative cooling-water use at that equipment. A closed internal loop can also connect to equipment that uses water, including a cooling tower. Other building uses can consume water too.[16, 17, 39] See the documented cooling examples ↗

A facility’s power requirements depend on its equipment and scale. Hydro One publishes a large-customer connection process covering assessment, design, estimates, construction and connection.[66] Read about regional electricity infrastructure ↗

Construction, electrical and mechanical trades, critical-facilities maintenance, structured cabling, equipment installation, network operations and technical support are relevant areas of work. The number of jobs depends on the project; construction and ongoing operations are different phases.[8, 45] Explore local careers and training ↗

No. The property notes describe published listings, industrial land and redevelopment possibilities. They do not establish data-centre approval, an electricity allocation or a carrier construction commitment. Owners of listed or unlisted properties can contact us about their site.

No. We support smaller regional facilities as well as multi-megawatt projects. The site covers local colocation, industrial buildings, potential development land and AI and hyperscale investment.

AI providers can commit to capacity while a facility is being developed, as the Point Tupper example shows.[136, 137] Carriers supply connectivity. Platforms such as Megaport and PacketFabric, and Internet exchanges such as TorIX and CANIX, could add services once a facility and suitable carrier connectivity are in place. Read about interconnection ↗