Cologix VAN2 Vancouver Data Center, situated at 1050 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a substantial 15,000 sq ft facility. This data center offers a significant amount of raised floor space for colocation services and boasts a robust 2 MW of power capacity. Within a 50-mile radius, there are 14 other data center locations. This facility holds multiple key certifications, including PCI-DSS, SSAE-16 Type 2, HIPAA, SOC 1, and SOC 2, ensuring high standards of security, compliance, and operational integrity.
Cologix’s VAN 2 Data Center, located at 1050 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, serves as a state-of-the-art annex to the city’s primary Carrier Hotel. This strategic location, just blocks away and connected by a dark fiber ring to the Harbour Center, offers customers two robust data center options in Vancouver. As a leading colocation provider in the region, Cologix provides extensive connectivity, boasting access to over 20 unique networks and direct peering with the Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX).
This new expansion in downtown Vancouver delivers highly efficient and cost-effective data center solutions, coupled with resilient connectivity. Its proximity to the Harbour Center, which houses Cologix’s VAN 1 data center, further enhances its appeal. Vancouver is increasingly recognized as a natural redundant data center location for enterprises across Eastern Canada, Asia, and the U.S.
The VAN 2 data center stands out as a top connectivity hub in Vancouver, featuring multiple unique carrier points of presence (PoPs) within its Cologix-controlled Meet-Me-Room (MMR) and serving as the primary node for VANIX. This network-neutral facility is seamlessly linked to the Carrier Hotel at 555 West Hastings via a low-latency, controlled diverse path, dark fiber ring. This ensures carriers can effortlessly extend their networks, providing customers with active or passive connectivity to more than 20 distinct carriers.
The infrastructure of the VAN 2 data center is designed for relentless and scalable performance, adhering to N+1 redundancy principles and built for concurrent maintainability. It incorporates cutting-edge technologies, including innovative “free cooling” solutions and efficient heat management through ceiling plenum using chimney cabinets. The site is meticulously optimized with hyper-effective cooling, utility power, and emergency generator power systems, guaranteeing a reliable and redundant infrastructure. The UPS is also designed to support A+B configurations, complemented by multiple generators for backup.
Security is paramount at the Cologix data center, with 24/7 onsite security guards, a tailgate-proof mantrap, S2 keycard access, biometric authentication, and closed-circuit TV (CCTV) systems. The data center is SSAE 16 SOC1 Type2 audited, with support available for individual PCI compliance. Cologix also provides dynamic customer support through a differentiated local service model, offering customers direct and 24/7 access to experienced local engineers and support teams, in addition to a web-based portal for online technical support ticket submissions.
