Kamloops, British Columbia - Canada
Our Kamloops data centre is built and operated as a highly secure and fault tolerant facility. We adhere to the most stringent protocols to make sure you never lose sleep over your data. Beyond CanShield’s purpose-built facility, our location in Kamloops British Columbia offers some unique advantages for data storage and connectivity. As outlined in our news feed, Kamloops is in a seismically stable location, while acting as the epicentre for fibre in British Columbia.
Additionally, we are only 7-11 milliseconds latency from the lower mainland, so our data centre is close enough to be considered an edge facility. As such you get a great data centre facility in the optimal location in British Columbia.
Our site specifications include:
Site Details
- Purpose-built 10,500 square foot data centre
- Reinforced concrete cinder blocks, with structural steel cross braces
- Single servers to dedicated caged space
Power
- 100% power availability SLA
- Dedicated 1 MW feeder, upgradeable to 4 MW
- A + B power paths available
- UPS batter support
- 750 kW diesel generator
Connectivity
- 100% network availability SLA
- Carrier-neutral with diverse fibre connectivity
- Multiple fibre providers, including Telus, Shaw, Bell, iTel and Zayo
- Onsite POPs and cross-connects in CanShield’s meet me room
Security
- Fully fenced perimeter with extensive video surveillance
- Multiple security zones with 2-factor biometric authentication
- 24x7 unannounced access privileges for authorized personnel
Environmental
- Redundant and fault tolerant cooling design throughout the facility
- Smoke and heat sensors
- Double interlock dry pipe pre-action water-based sprinkler system
- 24x7x365 real time environment monitoring
Support
- On site support for all day-to-day requests
- 24x7 off site data centre support technicians
- Shipping/receiving capabilities available
- Hands and eyes service available upon request
