Market comparison
Markham, Canada vs Montreal, Canada
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Markham — 7 facilities from 6 operators, Montreal — 18 facilities from 5 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Markham, Canada
7
Tracked facilities · Operators: 6
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Montreal, Canada
18
Tracked facilities · Operators: 5
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Markham | Montreal |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 7 | 18 |
| Operators | 6 | 5 |
| Published IT capacity | 39 MW (2 of 7 sites publish) | 126 MW (5 of 18 sites publish) |
| Operational | 7 | 18 |
| Under construction / announced | 0 | 0 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 2 | 2 |
| Sites with any certification | 4 | 5 |
| Liquid-cooled sites | 0 | 0 |
| AI-ready sites | 0 | 1 |
| Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month | not published | not published |
| Benchmark change, yoy | not published | not published |
| Industrial power tariff, $/kWh | $0.115 | $0.115 |
| Average Coloprice Score | 27/100 across 7 sites | 18/100 across 18 sites |
| Latency between the two | not published | |
Counts are the Coloprice catalog as of 2026-09-26; benchmarks are the Colocation Price Index (Q3 2026). Operators publish some facts and not others — an empty cell means «not published», not zero.
Where they differ
Only fields both sides publish and where the values are not identical. This is not a judgement: the right choice depends on the workload, the contract and the site.
- Tracked facilities: Markham — 7; Montreal — 18
- Operators: Markham — 6; Montreal — 5
- Published IT capacity: Markham — 39 MW (2 of 7 sites publish); Montreal — 126 MW (5 of 18 sites publish)
- Operational: Markham — 7; Montreal — 18
- Sites with any certification: Markham — 4; Montreal — 5
- AI-ready sites: Markham — 0; Montreal — 1
- Average Coloprice Score: Markham — 27/100 across 7 sites; Montreal — 18/100 across 18 sites
Top facilities by score
Markham, Canada
- Qu Data Centres TOR3 Qu Data Centres · 10 MW
- Equinix TR5 Equinix
- Csquare YYZ2 Csquare · 28.7 MW
Montreal, Canada
- Vantage Montreal I Campus (QC1) Vantage Data Centers · 11 MW
- eStruxture MTL-2 eStruxture · 30 MW
- eStruxture MTL-1 eStruxture · 5 MW
Open Markham data centers →Open Montreal data centers →Colocation pricing in Markham →Colocation pricing in Montreal →
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