eStruxture data centers
eStruxture is a colocation provider based in Canada. On its own site it calls itself the biggest data center operator in Canada, running 16 or more sites there.
| Sites in the cities we cover | Cities |
|---|---|
| 14 | 4 |
Colocation simply means you rent room for your servers inside a data center run by someone else, rather than housing them on your own premises. The company has also brought in an extra $150 million in funding to grow, so more locations may be on the way.
eStruxture's data centers, city by city
We cover 48 metros, and eStruxture shows up in 4 of them, all in Canada. PeeringDB, the public directory where networks and data centers maintain their own listings, shows 14 eStruxture sites. A single entry sometimes covers a campus with several buildings, which is why the counts refer to sites, not buildings.
In Montreal, eStruxture has 5 sites, and its best connected one, MTL-1, hosts 17 networks along with a single exchange. Toronto has 4 sites, where TOR-1 is the strongest with 6 networks and 1 exchange. Vancouver has 3, and VAN-2 leads there with 16 networks and 2 exchanges. Calgary rounds things off with 2 sites, and CAL-1 carries 13 networks and 1 exchange.
Among these four, Toronto is the busiest colocation market, listing 46 buildings, which means eStruxture's four sites there sit among many rivals.
How connected are eStruxture's sites?
In this directory, a network is a carrier or internet company that keeps its own gear inside the building. The more networks you have, the more options for keeping your kit connected. An internet exchange works as a common meeting point in the building where those networks hand traffic to each other directly.
On that measure, MTL-1 in Montreal leads for eStruxture with 17 networks. VAN-2 in Vancouver is next with 16, and it's the only site with 2 exchanges. CAL-1 in Calgary has 13, and TOR-1 in Toronto has 6. For context, the best connected building anywhere in our 48 metros is Equinix's Ashburn facility, which has 523 networks. Since companies fill in their own PeeringDB entries, check with the site itself if there's a carrier you rely on.
eStruxture Data Centers sites by city
The last column is a wholesale market benchmark for all operators: CBRE asking rent per kW a month for deals of 250 kW and up (first half of 2026), not a price from eStruxture Data Centers.
| City | Sites and networks inside | Sites | Wholesale rent per kW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal |
| 5 | not tracked |
| Toronto |
| 4 | not tracked |
| Vancouver |
| 3 | not tracked |
| Calgary |
| 2 | not tracked |
Sites as listed in PeeringDB (one listing can cover a campus of several buildings). Sites in green have their own page.
Rack sizes and what they cost
A rack is that tall metal frame your servers slide into, stacked one above the other, and space is normally rented by the rack or by part of one. The prices below come from published market-wide list prices, stated in US dollars, and aren't eStruxture's own rates. Every package bundles a set power allowance, measured in kilowatts.
The smallest option suits 1 to 4 servers, taking up 1 to 4 slots, and costs $69 to $199 a month with roughly 0.24 kW of power. A quarter rack fits about 10 slots and runs $330 to $399 with around 0.6 kW. A half rack holds about 21 slots at $530 to $699 with roughly 1.2 kW, while a full rack's 42 slots go for $930 to $999 with about 2.4 kW.
Servers frequently use more power than the package allows, and anything beyond that is billed per kilowatt at the market's going rate. Across the 16 US markets CBRE tracks, asking rents sit between $155 and $275 for each kilowatt, monthly. That means a full rack drawing 5 to 10 kW lands somewhere near $1,330 to $3,090 monthly, city depending. Take these numbers as rough guides rather than market prices, because CBRE's figures apply to big contracts of 250 kW or more. If you know roughly how much power your gear needs, any quote you get becomes a lot more useful.
Prices for Canadian cities
CBRE only surveys US markets, meaning quotes are the practical route in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. You fill in one form covering your space and power needs, your city, your timing, how long a contract you'd like, plus an optional message, along with who you are, your company and a work email address.
From there the request goes out to as many as 3 providers or brokers that have space in that city, and each one emails you a price directly. Asking is free, although providers and brokers sometimes pay us for making the match, as the About page explains. We don't operate any data center, and we can't promise how fast replies will come.
Should you need to offload ageing servers, disks or network kit, that request is routed instead to as many as 3 firms specialising in IT asset disposal, and they reply with a price plus the certificates they provide.
How does eStruxture compare with its neighbours?
All 4 cities have their own page showing every colocation building there from PeeringDB, along with the operator, the network and exchange counts, and the street address. That way you can put an eStruxture site beside its local competitors before asking anyone for a quote. If you'd like a fast ballpark monthly figure in US dollars, the pricing page poses only 3 questions: the space you need, the power you'll draw, and the market you're in.