Using green power and chilled water to run critical data systems, and a heat recapture system that will increase efficiency and heat the community, are among the innovations announced by
Bell Canada June 3 for its new "green data centre." The 50,000-square-foot facility, to be located in Markham, Ontario, will house thousands of data servers for the company's Business Markets division.
The innovative energy features are provided through a partnership with
Markham District Energy. The new facility will "represent the state of the art in terms of both
data hosting technology and environmental sustainability," St�phane Boisvert, president of Bell Business Markets, said in a statement. "Bell is eager to leverage MDE's highly efficient and fully redundant
energy infrastructure to reduce Bell's energy footprint, while also
providing unique opportunities such as capturing the significant heat
generated by large-scale data centre operations for use in community
heating."
Although a Bell Canada media relations spokesperson said that information about the number of employees who will work at the new facility is currently unavailable, the company is hiring in the Toronto area. According to
its website, Bell Canada has at least 31 jobs listed as available in the GTA.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Julie Smithers, Bell Media Relations
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