Purecolo DC2

Purecolo DC2 is a data center operated by PureColo Inc. in Ottawa, ON, CA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Ottawa data-center market on the IESO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 23.9-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Ottawa
State
ON
Country
CA

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

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

Ottawa's data center market remains nascent and structurally challenged. The tracked footprint comprises just six facilities with zero megawatts of operational capacity, operated by a fragmented vendor landscape dominated by DNSnetworks Corporation and PureColo Inc. two facilities each, with single-site presences from Equinix and Qu Datacentres. The absence of any recent M&A activity in Ottawa contrasts sharply with broader Canadian market momentum, where major players like Aligned Data Centres have commanded acquisition valuations exceeding $5 billion and provincial governments have begun rolling out supportive regulatory frameworks. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 29/100 combined with elevated constraint scoring 42/100 signals a market unsuitable for acquisition entry. This dual weakness indicates neither surplus power availability to support expansion nor sufficient infrastructure…

Location

Area Ottawa, ON, CA

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketOttawa
Grid operatorIESO
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power23.9 months
LocationOttawa, CA

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Purecolo DC2 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.

Hive Data Center

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 23 operating generating units totalling 972 MW within about 50 km of Ottawa, CA. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Hydropower594 MW · 5 units · 61%
Utility-Scale Solar150 MW · 14 units · 15%
Wind130 MW · 2 units · 13%
Oil/Gas74 MW · 1 unit · 8%
Bioenergy24 MW · 1 unit · 2%

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

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