TELUS opens $75 million next-generation cloud computing data centre in BC
February 3, 2014
Grazed from FierceTelecom. Author: Editorial Staff.
Today, TELUS officially opened its state-of-the-art Internet Data Centre in Kamloops. One of eight TELUS Internet Data Centres across Canada, the Kamloops Internet Data Centre will serve as the foundation of TELUS’ next-generation cloud computing services for thousands of Canadian businesses. Designed to be scalable, the centre has the capacity to increase its physical footprint and information storage capacity to meet the expanding information technology needs of clients well into the future.
TELUS invested $75 million to build the centre, creating 200 local construction jobs. The centre has created 75 permanent Canadian jobs, 25 of them in Kamloops. This significant investment is part of $3 billion in infrastructure and facilities upgrades TELUS is making across British Columbia from 2012 through 2014 and builds upon the $29 billion TELUS has already invested in operations and technology throughout the province since 2000…
Built to LEED environmental standards, TELUS’ Kamloops facility is one of the most environmentally sustainable internet data centres in the world. A key element of the centre’s efficient design is an advanced cooling system that takes advantage of Kamloops’ naturally low humidity to consume 80 per cent less electricity and 86 per cent less water than typical data centres. The centre’s effective use of power will require at maximum only 40 hours of mechanical cooling energy per year, which will keep nearly 2,300 tons of carbon dioxide from the environment annually, the equivalent emissions of 10,000 Canadian households…
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