The Spencer Building Carrier Hotel, a blend of heritage architecture and modern technology, announced this month intentions to expand the capacity of its data centre facility.
Responding to “growing North American demand for data centre services,” the historic Spencer Building will see two new data halls on the sixth floor, adding a combined 5 MW of power across 23,000 square feet of contiguous space.
This power comes in addition to an existing 3 MW consumed by existing data centre business in Harbour Centre.
“Today’s businesses—whether global enterprises, cloud providers, AI developers, carriers or from other business verticals—face a dual challenge of having to address escalating data demands and rising costs for data centre services,” says Scott Despot, Director of Business Development and Sales at Spencer Building Carrier Hotel. “That’s why we’re thrilled to offer new, customizable data centre options within the Spencer Building.”
Despot describes the capacity boost as a “significant expansion that will empower businesses to scale efficiently in Vancouver and serve customers or business partners throughout the rest of Canada, the U.S., and APAC regions.”
“With this, we’re redefining what it means to establish a footprint in Vancouver,” he said.
The expansion is slated for completion in 2027.
The Spencer Building Carrier Hotel, ambitiously repurposed last year, was first constructed in 1926.
Another example of heritage architecture being reimagined in a tech-forward world is Amazon’s Vancouver headquarters at The Post.
The regional tech hub, spanning more than one million square feet of space, houses 4,500 employees, or more than half of Amazon’s total tech talent in Canada.
Graeme Dymond, a Canadian LEGO-certified master model builder, built a 12-cubic foot model of The Post for Amazon in 2022.
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