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Facility · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06

UVic Enterprise Data Centre / EDC2

University of Victoria · Victoria, 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 6174041 · CC BY 4.0

Location

Reported

Victoria, 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

The Alliance’s June 2026 announcement says upgraded Arbutus Cloud capacity is available at UVic. The facility record must remain distinct from individual computer generations.

Evidence date
2026-06-12
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Facility or project lifecycle

Cooling

Planned

The 2024 renewal plan proposed water cooling and possible building heat reuse. The 2026 launch statement does not confirm the final installed cooling topology.

Evidence date
2024
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility · Arbutus renewal
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Cooling system at stated scope

Hardware

Historical

The older Alliance inventory lists 108 GPUs in 28 Arbutus nodes. It predates the materially larger 2026 renewal and is not a current post-renewal GPU inventory.

Evidence date
Undated source
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility · Pre-renewal Arbutus
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Hardware deployment procurement or support

Commercial

Reported

The 2026 release describes approximately 80,000 vCPUs and 35 PB of research-cloud storage. These service resources are not a GPU count or facility power.

Evidence date
2026-06-12
Checked
2026-10-05
Scope
Facility
Evidence type
Reported
Status describes
Commercial disclosure or relationship

Ownership

Reported

The reviewed source identifies University of Victoria 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