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Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre

Simon Fraser University · Burnaby, British Columbia

Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre · 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

Burnaby, British Columbia. City or regional reference only; no facility coordinates are published.

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

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-1

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-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/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-1

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Lifecycle

Operating

SFU and the Digital Research Alliance report Fir fully operational at the Cedar Supercomputing Centre, replacing the Cedar computer. The facility and successive machines are not separate buildings.

Evidence date
2025-09
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Facility or project lifecycle

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-2

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-2. Edition 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07 (publication date: 2026-10-07); evidence review through 2026-10-06. Claim evidence date: 2025-09; source checked: 2026-10-05. https://data.clarionsolutions.ca/canada-data-centres/editions/2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07/records/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-2

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

Power

Historical design

The 2017 engineering profile lists MVA-rated electrical equipment and a 550 kVA UPS for high-availability computing. MVA/kVA are not converted to MW without a power factor.

Evidence date
2017
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Power supply or backup configuration

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-3

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-3. Edition 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07 (publication date: 2026-10-07); evidence review through 2026-10-06. Claim evidence date: 2017; source checked: 2026-10-05. https://data.clarionsolutions.ca/canada-data-centres/editions/2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07/records/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-3

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

Power

Operating

SFU describes the centre as clean-energy powered. A dedicated generation source and actual site draw are not disclosed.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Power supply or backup configuration

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-4

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-4. 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/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-4

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

Cooling

Installed

Fir uses direct-to-chip liquid cooling. A separate contractor profile describes the 2017 chiller/free-cooling works; the historical equipment must not be assumed to describe every part of the replacement system.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Cooling system at stated scope

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-5

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-5. 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/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-5

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

Hardware

Installed

The Fir disclosure identifies 640 NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB GPUs. This belongs to the named research system at SFU.

Evidence date
2025-09
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility · Fir
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Hardware deployment procurement or support

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-6

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-6. Edition 2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07 (publication date: 2026-10-07); evidence review through 2026-10-06. Claim evidence date: 2025-09; source checked: 2026-10-05. https://data.clarionsolutions.ca/canada-data-centres/editions/2026-10-06-83c11c799ab4-public-2026-10-07/records/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-6

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

Ownership

Reported

The reviewed source identifies Simon Fraser University in the operator or development role. This does not establish title to the underlying land.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Ownership operator or developer relationship

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-7

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. Cedar Supercomputing Centre / Water Tower data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record bc-sfu-cedar-centre; claim pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-7. 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/bc-sfu-cedar-centre/#claim-pub-bc-sfu-cedar-centre-review-7

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