QScale is a data center in Québec, CA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Québec City data-center market on the HQ grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 10.8-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Québec City — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Québec City — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Québec City's data center footprint remains minimal, with only 60 MW deployed across four tracked facilities and a bifurcated operator base. Vantage Data Centers operates two sites, while Microsoft and an unnamed Vantage entity each control one facility. The market's compact scale reflects limited institutional investment relative to larger Canadian metros, with no recent M&A activity on record and no tracked consolidation attempts in the past 12 months. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 48/100 and constraint 24/100 carries a clear avoid signal for most investor profiles. The excess-power score—below the 60-point threshold that typically signals defensible margin economics—indicates oversupply relative to current demand absorption, compressing pricing power and reducing return potential for new entrants. The constraint score of 24/100 confirms what the low MW base suggests: grid…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 2 operating generating units totalling 171 MW within about 50 km of Québec, CA. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Québec tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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