Facility · Evidence reviewed 2026-10-06
Chip WAT2
CHIP Data Centers · Waterloo, Ontario
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: CHIP Data Centers
- Operator: CHIP Data Centers
- Province: CHIP Data Centers
- City: CHIP Data Centers
- Record kind: CHIP Data Centers
- Disposition: CHIP Data Centers
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 6176823 · CC BY 4.0
Location
ReportedCHIP Data Centers identifies WAT2 in Waterloo, Ontario. No street address or parcel ownership is established.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Operator marketed facility identity
- Waterloo – WAT2 - Chip Data Centers · CHIP Data Centers
Power
MarketedThe marketed design combines grid supply, N+1 UPS and diesel backup, with 48-hour backup runtime.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Power supply or backup configuration
- Waterloo – WAT2 - Chip Data Centers · CHIP Data Centers
Cooling
MarketedCHIP advertises air and liquid-to-chip cooling for racks up to 200 kW; installed scope is not independently established.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Cooling system at stated scope
- Waterloo – WAT2 - Chip Data Centers · CHIP Data Centers
Hardware
SupportedNVIDIA B300 and GB300 NVL72 are listed as supported hardware, not an installed or purchased fleet.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Hardware deployment procurement or support
- Waterloo – WAT2 - Chip Data Centers · CHIP Data Centers
Capacity
PlannedWAT2 targets 10 MW ready-for-service in fourth-quarter 2026; commissioning is not established.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Facility or project lifecycle
- Quantity type
- Unspecified power
- Basis
- Q4 2026 RFS target
- Reported quantity
- 10 MW
- Waterloo – WAT2 - Chip Data Centers · CHIP Data Centers
Capacity
PlannedWAT2 targets 20 MW total for 2027 and says the expansion application was submitted. This is not utility approval or energization.
- Evidence date
- Undated source
- Checked
- 2026-10-05
- Scope
- Facility
- Evidence type
- Reported
- Status describes
- Capacity at stated basis and scope
- Quantity type
- Unspecified power
- Basis
- 2027 target; application submitted
- Reported quantity
- 20 MW
- Waterloo – WAT2 - Chip Data Centers · CHIP Data Centers