Data Centre

Leaseweb Canada, formed earlier this year when Dutch firm Leaseweb bought Montreal hoster iWeb, has been actively investing in IT in their Canadian operation since then.

The new MT2 International Business Exchange data centre will also have energy efficiency advantages that will let temperatures be maintained at 27 Celsius, instead of the much cooler temperatures of the past.

The new metal instances fferings are available now in both Canada and Latin America, but the French-headquartered company’s products are not yet available in the U.S, although they are ramping up their presence in Canada, and the U.S. as well as APAC are on the drawing board for future expansion.

The $US 84 million of new investment will go primarily to expand their data centres in Toronto, Calgary and Kamloops, although their other five Canadian data centres will also be eligible for funds for facility expansion.

The new services, one of which is unique to Canada in North America, will provide new opportunities for Equinix channel partners.

Vultr competes with the big cloud providers, focusing on core compute, storage and networking services, and offering customers lower prices and partners higher margins.