Key results of new report assessing data centre operations vendors in Canada
The new report assesses Canadian data centre providers' ability to help Canadian companies migrate from
corporate-run, on-premise facilities to 3rd party centres and hybrid
environments, in addition to a vendor's facility features.
Go distinguished themselves by placing in
the Major Players category.
Over the past three years, Canada has seen a
build out of over one million square feet of data centre space, and well
in excess of 100MW of power added to the market.
Over the past 24 months, the needs of a data centre have continued to
increase. Data
generated from corporate systems, mobile devices, and Internet of Things (IoT)
networks continue to grow at a pace of 50% per year. Digital technologies such
as analytics, social business platforms, and high performance computing put an
ever-increasing stress on the best-in-class data centres.