Equinix KA1 — Kamloops Data Center

Equinix KA1 - Kamloops is a data center operated by Equinix in Kamloops, 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
Kamloops
State
BC
Country
CA

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

Area Kamloops, 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
LocationKamloops, CA
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Equinix KA1 - Kamloops 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.

iTel Networks Inc

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 2 operating generating units totalling 117 MW within about 50 km of Kamloops, CA. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Bioenergy117 MW · 2 units · 100%

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

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