Cologix VAN1 — Vancouver Data Center

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VAN1 is a data center operated by Cologix in Vancouver, BC, CA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Vancouver data-center market on the BCH grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 14.4-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Vancouver
State
BC
Country
CA

What changed

Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Vancouver — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Vancouver — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Vancouver's data center footprint remains modest at 35 MW across 86 tracked facilities, with Cologix commanding the largest operational presence at 12 MW, followed by its affiliated entity Cologix, Inc. at 5 MW. The market is heavily operator-concentrated, with the top five players controlling the majority of deployed capacity and no meaningful geographic diversification of infrastructure. This limited scale reflects a market still in early-stage consolidation, lacking the density and redundancy profiles that characterize mature North American hubs. The DCPI verdict of AVOID—driven by an excess-power score of 44/100 paired with constraint at 33/100—signals structural headwinds for acquisition-stage investors. The moderate excess-power rating indicates available capacity exists but is not competitive or consistently accessible; the low constraint score reflects weak pricing power and…

Location

Street West Hastings Street
Area Vancouver, BC, CA

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketVancouver
Grid operatorBCH
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power14.4 months
LocationVancouver, CA
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around VAN1 in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

10VPN Research NetworkAEBC Internet Corp.AS393941, LLCAT&T CanadaAkamai TechnologiesAltima TelecomAmazon.comAnexiaAptum TechnologiesArelion (Twelve99)Astute HostingBCNET

Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 9 operating generating units totalling 491 MW within about 50 km of Vancouver, CA. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Bioenergy171 MW · 4 units · 35%
Oil/Gas170 MW · 2 units · 35%
Hydropower150 MW · 3 units · 31%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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