Facility · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06
McGill–Calcul Québec national data centre at ÉTS
Calcul Québec / McGill University · Montréal, Quebec
Research record, not a building count. Campus and phase overlap may exist; do not add capacity values. Access dates do not establish fresh commissioning.
Identity and map provenance
- Name: Calcul Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
- Operator: Calcul Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
- Province: Calcul Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
- City: Calcul Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
- Record kind: Calcul Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
- Disposition: Calcul Québec, Gouvernement du Québec
City reference only; not the facility. Derived city center, rounded to four decimals. The marker is not a building, entrance, campus or parcel location. GeoNames 6077243 · CC BY 4.0
Location
ReportedInstitutional 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
Capacity
Planned upgradeQuébec 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
Hardware
ReportedCalcul 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
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