eStruxture Montreal Campus: 100MW+ AI & Hyperscale Data Center Network
Status: Operational / Active Hyperscale & AI Expansion | Location: Multi-site campus including 7001 Rue Saint-Jacques (MTL-2), 1350 Rue Nobel (MTL-3), and 17500 Trans-Canada Hwy (MTL-4), Greater Montreal, QC, Canada
Project Overview
eStruxture’s Montreal Campus is the largest Canadian-owned carrier-neutral data center ecosystem in Québec, providing more than 100 MW of total critical IT capacity across five strategically interconnected facilities (MTL-1 through MTL-5). Located within one of North America’s fastest-growing digital infrastructure markets, the campus serves as a major hub for hyperscale cloud providers, enterprises, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Its flagship facilities, including MTL-2, which delivers 30 MW across 187,000 square feet, and MTL-3 in Boucherville, offering an additional 30 MW, provide highly scalable colocation environments designed to support both wholesale and retail deployments. A key competitive advantage of the Montreal Campus is its access to Hydro-Québec’s electricity grid, which is powered by more than 99% renewable hydroelectric energy, enabling customers to benefit from some of the most competitive power rates in North America while significantly reducing the carbon footprint of their IT operations. Purpose-built to accommodate next-generation AI, machine learning, and cloud infrastructure, the campus supports high-density rack deployments with advanced cooling and resilient power systems. Customers also benefit from a robust carrier-neutral ecosystem featuring direct, low-latency connectivity to more than 20 network providers, the Québec Internet Exchange (QIX), and dedicated cloud on-ramps to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, ensuring seamless hybrid and multi-cloud integration. Combined with enterprise-grade security, scalable infrastructure, and sustainable operations, eStruxture’s Montreal Campus provides a future-ready platform for organisations seeking high-performance colocation, cloud connectivity, and AI-ready infrastructure in one of North America’s most sustainable and cost-efficient data center markets.
Quick Facts
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| Project Name | eStruxture Montreal Campus: 100MW+ AI & Hyperscale Data Center Network |
| Location | Multi-site campus including 7001 Rue Saint-Jacques (MTL-2), 1350 Rue Nobel (MTL-3), and 17500 Trans-Canada Hwy (MTL-4), Greater Montreal, QC, Canada |
| Status | Operational / Active Hyperscale & AI Expansion |
| Commissioning | Initial Launches: 2017–2021 / Phased Modernization & AI Density Upgrades: 2024–2026 |
| Total IT Load | 100 MW+ Combined Critical IT Capacity across Montreal Facilities |
| Total Capacity | 100 MW+ Critical IT Power across ~500,000+ sq ft total gross facility footprint (Led by 30MW MTL-2, 30MW MTL-3, and 16.5MW MTL-4) |
| Tier Level | Tier III Certified & Equivalent / Concurrent Maintainability (SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA Certified) |
| Project Type | Purpose-Built Carrier-Neutral Hyperscale, Cloud Gateway, AI Compute & Enterprise Colocation Campus |
City Profile
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| City Name | Quebec City |
| Population | 557,000 |
| Urban Agglomeration | ~840,000 |
| City GDP | ~CAD 52 billion |
| Per Capita Income | ~CAD 52,000 |
| City Tier | Tier 2 |
| Key Strengths | Provincial capital, public administration hub, tourism, heritage and culture, education, insurance sector, technology services, logistics, high livability, bilingual workforce |
Companies Involved
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| Developer / Operator | estruxture data center |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | Hydro-Québec (Clean Hydroelectric Power Utility) & QIX (Québec Internet Exchange) |
| Construction Contractor | Specialized Canadian Mission-Critical EPC Contractors |
| MEP Engineering | eStruxture Global Facilities Engineering & Thermal Design Teams |
| Network Connectivity | Dark fiber metro rings connecting all Montreal sites; carrier-neutral ecosystem with 20+ NSPs, direct cross-connects to QIX, and low-latency cloud on-ramps (AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Interconnect). |
| Power Infrastructure | Dual high-voltage grid substation feeds directly from Hydro-Québec, 2N / N+1 static UPS configurations, and Diesel Rotary UPS (DRUPS) / emergency backup generators with on-site fuel reserves for 24+ hours of continuous operation. |
Technical Specifications
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| Power Capacity | 100 MW+ Critical IT Power Capacity (Combined Campus Total) |
| UPS Redundancy | 2N / N+1 Static UPS & DRUPS Architecture |
| Cooling System | Energy-efficient N+1 chilled water and indirect economizer systems, cold/hot aisle containment, high-density air delivery up to 30 kW per cabinet, and direct-to-chip liquid cooling readiness for AI clusters. |
| Connectivity | Carrier-neutral platform with dual Meet-Me-Rooms (MMRs), diverse underground fiber entry vaults, and high-capacity dark fiber Data Center Interconnect (DCI) links across Greater Montreal. |
| PUE Target | < 1.25 Annualized Operational Design PUE |
| Energy Mix | 100% clean, zero-emission hydroelectric energy supplied by Hydro-Québec. |
Milestones
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| Announcement | Initial Campus Launch: 2017–2018 / AI & Capacity Expansion: 2023–2025 |
| Construction Start | Completed / Active Phased Modernization |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | Operational |
| Full Buildout | Operational / Active AI & High-Density Modernization |
Investment Details
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| Total Investment | Estimated $350,000,000 CAD to $500,000,000+ CAD |
| Funding | eStruxture Data Centers (backed by Fengate Asset Management & Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec / CDPQ) |