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SPUR Waterloo campus data centre

SPUR Innovation Centre · Waterloo, Ontario

Record on-069 · 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.

Current record profile · This edition’s record JSON · Edition overview

Identity provenance

Lifecycle

Reported operating

SPUR describes its Waterloo campus data centre as operating. The statement is undated and is not an independent commissioning record.

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

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-reported_operation

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-reported_operation. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-reported_operation

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

Location

Reported

SPUR identifies the project as a four-building former BlackBerry headquarters campus in Waterloo, Ontario.

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

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-location

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-location. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-location

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

Capacity

Reported

SPUR reports 20 MW of campus power in use/available now; the page does not define this as usable IT capacity.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Campus
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Capacity at stated basis and scope
Quantity type
Unspecified power
Basis
operator-reported campus power; IT/utility basis unspecified
Reported quantity
20 MW

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-reported_power

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-reported_power. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-reported_power

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

Capacity

Planned

SPUR reports an additional 20 MW committed expansion, without supplying the underlying utility contract or commissioning evidence.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Campus
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Capacity at stated basis and scope
Quantity type
Unspecified power
Basis
operator-reported committed expansion; not commissioned IT
Reported quantity
20 MW

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-expansion_power

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-expansion_power. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-expansion_power

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

Cooling

Reported

SPUR describes free-air and liquid cooling with heat reuse in colocated growing spaces; this is an operator claim, not an as-built audit.

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

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-cooling

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-cooling. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-cooling

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

Hardware

Reported

SPUR states that B300 SXM6 nodes are racked and serving customers in Waterloo, with eight GPUs per node. It does not disclose a fleet total.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Waterloo b300 nodes
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Hardware at stated scope
Reported quantity
8 GPUs_per_node

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-gpu_deployment

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-gpu_deployment. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-gpu_deployment

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

Ownership

Reported

SPUR reports owning and operating the former BlackBerry campus acquired in 2025; the titleholding entity is not specified.

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

Permanent claim link · Claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-ownership

Citation text (select to copy)

Clarion Solutions. SPUR Waterloo campus data centre. Canadian Data Centre Atlas. Record on-069; claim pub-ontario_b-on-069-ownership. 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/on-069/#claim-pub-ontario_b-on-069-ownership

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