Q9 Networks
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Q9 Networks is a Toronto-founded colocation and managed-infrastructure provider now operating as part of Bell Canada’s business services division, running a national footprint of data centres across Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. As of the company’s own current site description, it operates six high-availability, network-neutral data centres spanning three provinces, offering colocation (cabinets, cages, and dedicated halls), managed private cloud, and connectivity services to Canadian enterprise and government customers. Its largest facility, a roughly 240,000-square-foot campus in Brampton just outside Toronto, represented a C$125 million investment and anchors its Greater Toronto Area presence alongside a downtown Toronto site connected directly to the Toronto Stock Exchange’s ecosystem. Founded in 1995 as Myna Communications and renamed Q9 in 2000, the company built its reputation on Canadian data residency, a factor explicitly cited in its decision to build a facility in Kamloops, BC, to satisfy provincial privacy requirements. Q9 was taken private for C$1.1 billion in 2012 by a consortium including Bell, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners, and Madison Dearborn Partners, before Bell acquired full ownership in 2016.
Q9 Networks operates as a cloud provider and colocation provider, with facilities at the following locations:
FACILITY OPERATOR
Phone: 416-362-7000
Q9 Networks Data Center Locations
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada Q9 Calgary (downtown financial core) PENDING REVIEW
This facility sits in Calgary's downtown financial district, serving oil-and-gas and financial services customers running mission-critical applications. - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Q9 Kamloops PENDING REVIEW
This facility was purpose-built to let customers satisfy British Columbia's provincial data residency and privacy laws by keeping data physically within the province. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Q9 Toronto One CARRIER-NEUTRAL PENDING REVIEW
This downtown Toronto facility is directly connected to Toronto's financial ecosystem, including low-latency links to TMX and international exchanges. - Brampton, Ontario, Canada Q9 Brampton 890 TIER 3 EQUIVALENT PENDING REVIEW
This roughly 240,000-square-foot campus represented Q9's largest-ever data centre investment at the time, a $125 million project delivering 6,500 cabinet-equivalent capacity for the Greater Toronto Area.
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Common Questions
How many data centres does Q9 Networks operate?
As described on Q9's own website, the company operates a national footprint of six high-availability, network-neutral data centres spanning three Canadian provinces: Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.
Is Q9 Networks still an independent company?
No. Q9 was taken private in 2012 by an investor group that included Bell Canada, and Bell (BCE Inc.) acquired full ownership of Q9 in 2016, after which Q9 operates as part of Bell Business Markets.
Why does Q9 have a data centre in Kamloops, British Columbia?
According to a 2015 interview with Q9 management, the Kamloops facility was built specifically to address BC's provincial data residency and privacy laws, giving customers a way to keep data within the province.
Does Q9 sell cloud services or just colocation?
Q9 sells both directly: company executives have stated that Q9 directly sells colocation, private cloud, and on-demand infrastructure services to its customers, rather than only providing physical space.
Does Q9 Networks operate an AI data center in ?
As of now, we don't have a confirmed AI-optimized (GPU-dense, liquid-cooled) facility on file for Q9 Networks here. We continue tracking new developments.
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