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Facility · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06

TRIUMF legacy Tier-1 data centre

TRIUMF · Vancouver, British Columbia

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

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 6173331 · CC BY 4.0

Location

Reported

Vancouver, 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

Lifecycle

Operating legacy

TRIUMF’s spring 2026 report says residual on-site Tier-1 computing still performs simulations, while primary resources have been at SFU since 2018. The sites are federated, not duplicate full Tier-1 installations.

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

Capacity

Reported

The report’s roughly 10,000 cores, 22 PB disk and 79 PB tape describe the federated Tier-1 system. They are not Vancouver-only resources or facility MW.

Evidence date
2026-05
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Federated system
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Capacity at stated basis and scope
Quantity type
Power basis as stated
Basis
Source-reported basis stated in text; not verified operating IT load.

Ownership

Reported

The reviewed source identifies TRIUMF 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