CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
As far as I know, data availability is huge for some. Round Trip Time is pretty important in some circumstances.
When I was working with a group thinking of building its own cloud service to service its and others needs, proximity was viewed as ideal for providing service near to or equal to having onsite compute given that the cycle consumers could choose either way.Like how important is it for a company to have a data centre in the same city as opposed to having a centre in Calgary but the tech company in Vancouver?
Whether cloud or traditional private cage hosting etc.. physical distance does make a difference. I've been involved in various projects involving orgs in Calgary using Azure (located in Toronto and Quebec city), and often it's too slow for many apps. Some pilots have been tested and scrapped immediately, like within a few days because the performance is so noticeably degraded. Some apps work okay if instant responses aren't needed.Do cloud investments typically drive other technology companies to the area? Like how important is it for a company to have a data centre in the same city as opposed to having a centre in Calgary but the tech company in Vancouver? Curious why these data centres seem to have a strong preference for Calgary over Edmonton? The power situation is similar, and their consistently cold winters I thought would be better for data centre cooling.
This is a thing for sure. The org I work for requires all data to reside in Canada. I don't know about provincial geo restrictions, but as you mentioned I could see it with provincial government, health, etc..Also, location could be important with data privacy concerns. For example, can health data be stored on moved between servers outside the province or country?
Both locations, now everything is just in Balzac though. I have not worked on either site though.Cool. The site in Balzac or 54th street? I spent a ton of time at the eStruxture site at 54th, back when it was run by Viawest..
Interesting. I wonder why they moved everything to Balzac? the SE location wasn't that old. It wasn't built by eStruxtures, maybe they wanted to build their own from scratch.Both locations, now everything is just in Balzac though. I have not worked on either site though.
If most of the 'fixed' capital is mobile, moving to a lower tax location can be pretty appealing.Interesting. I wonder why they moved everything to Balzac? the SE location wasn't that old. It wasn't built by eStruxtures, maybe they wanted to build their own from scratch.
Cloud technology itself wouldn’t drive tech companies here any more than other data hosting but as SP mentioned it’s more about the geographical location in general for hosting of any type.Do cloud investments typically drive other technology companies to the area? Like how important is it for a company to have a data centre in the same city as opposed to having a centre in Calgary but the tech company in Vancouver? Curious why these data centres seem to have a strong preference for Calgary over Edmonton? The power situation is similar, and their consistently cold winters I thought would be better for data centre cooling.
As far as I know we installed new cooling equipment at the se location and it is still operational.Interesting. I wonder why they moved everything to Balzac? the SE location wasn't that old. It wasn't built by eStruxtures, maybe they wanted to build their own from scratch.