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Data centers in Vaughan

Vaughan has 2 data centers listed on DataColoc, operated notably by Digital Realty, Hut 8 HPC. Compare colocation (rack, half-rack, 1U), pricing, certifications and connectivity, then get an instant costed estimate.

Server colocation in Vaughan (server housing) means installing your own servers in a rack or cabinet (42U) inside a secure data center: redundant power, cooling, 24/7 security and multi-carrier connectivity. DataColoc lists 2 data centers offering colocation in Vaughan, including Digital Realty, Hut 8 HPC.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a rack (colocation) cost in Vaughan?

a full rack is priced on electrical power (kVA), IP transit and cross-connects. Compare the 2 data centers in Vaughan to get a costed quote.

What is the difference between housing and colocation?

None: “housing” and “colocation” mean the same thing — hosting your own servers in a third-party data center, as opposed to renting a dedicated server or public cloud.

Which data centers in Vaughan are ISO 27001 certified?

Filter by certification (ISO 27001, HDS, PCI-DSS) in the comparator to keep only compliant sites.

Learn the basics: colocation, 42U rack, cross-connect, IP transit, Tier III/IV.

Costed answers: how much does a rack cost?, cross-connect pricing, colocation or cloud? — and the colocation price barometer.

What does a rack in Vaughan really cost?

Beyond listed prices, here is the computed cost of a standard 5 kW rack in Vaughan, from our open market model (published method, version 2026.07-v1):

ItemEstimate
5 kW rack, per month€977 – €1,406
Cost per kW per month€174 – €253
Over 3 years (36 months)€35,172 – €50,616

Amounts are in euros: the model is computed in EUR, including for markets outside the euro area. We do not show a CAD conversion until a dated, sourced rate backs it.

What this covers: local industrial energy tariff, site efficiency (PUE), retail colocation margin and local market tightness. What it does not: IP transit, cross-connects, setup fees and PDUs — priced site by site in the comparator.

An estimate, not an offer. It is a model, with an open method and a version — not a contractual rate. A quote prices your actual configuration. Think the model is wrong? The method is published: tell us where.

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Digital Realty YYZ11 Toronto (1 Century)

Digital Realty
1 baieTier III (indicative)
on quote

Hut 8 GTA2

Hut 8 HPC
on quote

What Vaughan allows

Vaughan has 2 data centers, operated by Digital Realty, Hut 8 HPC. Declared design level: Tier III. That level describes the building's redundancy, not a contractual availability commitment: only the contract carries one. Available formats range from 1 baie to 1 baie: you can start small here, without renting a whole rack.

Compliance and sovereignty

Note: part of the operation falls under a US-jurisdiction company, hence under the CLOUD Act. Hosting in Europe is not enough to escape it: what counts is the provider's nationality, not the building's address.

The electricity behind Vaughan

A city has no electricity of its own: the sites in Vaughan are connected to the national grid, itself interconnected with its neighbours. What is measured, and what decides, is therefore the country's generation mix. That grid draws 52.8% of its electricity from hydro (2025). The detail: hydro 52.8%, natural gas 17.8%, nuclear 13.1%, wind 7.9%, coal 4.1%, bioenergy 1.6%. Fossil fuels (coal, gas, oil) account for 23.1% of it. A kilowatt-hour there weighs 191 g of CO2, i.e. 2.4 times less than the world average (458 g), 2025 figure. Concretely: a 3 kVA rack, in a site with a PUE of 1.5, draws 35,478 kWh a year and therefore emits 6.8 tonnes of CO2 a year here. The same rack, same hardware, same PUE, would emit 16 tonnes on a world-average grid. The building has nothing to do with it: the country does.

Source: Ember / Energy Institute via Our World in Data, retrieved 2026-09-14. A site under a direct renewable purchase agreement may show a different balance: that is for the operator to declare.

What the ground has done under Vaughan

No earthquake of magnitude 5 or above has been recorded within 200 km of Vaughan since 1970, according to the US Geological Survey's global catalog. This record covers 56 years, which is short on a seismic timescale: no recorded earthquake does not mean no hazard. It does not replace the statutory zoning, which alone binds construction.

Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS ComCat, retrieved 2026-09-14. Measured from the median coordinates of the city's sites.

What Vaughan does not allow

No Internet exchange point is listed here: traffic will run over transit bought from a carrier, which is billed by bandwidth. No rate is published by the operators in this city: pricing is on request, and we do not estimate it on their behalf.

Other cities with data centers near Vaughan

The nearest site outside Vaughan is 8 km away, in North York (2 sites). Short distances matter: they drive the cost of a link between two buildings, and whether a backup site is workable.

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