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McGill–Calcul Québec national data centre at ÉTS

Calcul Québec / McGill University · Montréal, Quebec

Record QC-CALCUL-ETS · 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07

Current selected data edition. Evidence reviewed through 2026-10-06. Edition publication date: 2026-10-07.

Research record, not a building count. Campus and phase overlap may exist; do not add capacity values.

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Identity provenance

Location

Reported

Institutional announcements identify the McGill–Calcul Québec data centre at ÉTS in Montréal.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Published location reference

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-1

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. McGill–Calcul Québec national data centre at ÉTS. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record QC-CALCUL-ETS; claim pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-1. Edition 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07 (publication date: 2026-10-07); evidence review through 2026-10-06. Claim evidence date: undated; source checked: 2026-10-05. https://data.clarionsolutions.ca/canada-data-centres/editions/2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07/records/QC-CALCUL-ETS/#claim-pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-1

Cite the linked primary evidence as well. Publication and access dates do not establish current operations.

Capacity

Planned upgrade

Québec announced funding in October 2024 to increase the centre’s electrical capacity from 2 MW to 5 MW; completion is not established by that announcement.

Evidence date
2024-10-18
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Reported capacity
Quantity type
Facility power
Basis
funded electrical upgrade target from 2 MW; not verified commissioned IT load
Reported quantity
5 MW

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-2

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. McGill–Calcul Québec national data centre at ÉTS. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record QC-CALCUL-ETS; claim pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-2. Edition 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07 (publication date: 2026-10-07); evidence review through 2026-10-06. Claim evidence date: 2024-10-18; source checked: 2026-10-05. https://data.clarionsolutions.ca/canada-data-centres/editions/2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07/records/QC-CALCUL-ETS/#claim-pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-2

Cite the linked primary evidence as well. Publication and access dates do not establish current operations.

Hardware

Reported

Calcul Québec’s June 2025 Rorqual launch describes 324 GPUs. The retained announcement does not establish each GPU model.

Evidence date
2025-06-18
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Rorqual system
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Hardware configuration

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-3

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. McGill–Calcul Québec national data centre at ÉTS. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record QC-CALCUL-ETS; claim pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-3. Edition 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07 (publication date: 2026-10-07); evidence review through 2026-10-06. Claim evidence date: 2025-06-18; source checked: 2026-10-05. https://data.clarionsolutions.ca/canada-data-centres/editions/2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07/records/QC-CALCUL-ETS/#claim-pub-quebec-east-QC-CALCUL-ETS-3

Cite the linked primary evidence as well. Publication and access dates do not establish current operations.