What Is Carrier Neutral Connectivity?

Carrier Neutral Connectivity provides direct connections to multiple network providers from a single carrier neutral data centre. Rather than having to rely on a single ISP, you can use multiple carriers to ensure reliability, lower latency, and maintain a smooth network experience.

Reliable Connectivity, More Carrier Options

Connect to multiple network providers from one secure data centre throughout Ontario and the Waterloo Region.

Carrier-neutral data centre network cables connected to server equipment.

Carrier Neutral Colocation & Connectivity

Carrier neutral colocation in Kitchener-Waterloo allows you to use multiple carriers within a single facility rather than a single carrier. This provides greater flexibility, redundancy and uptime for critical systems. With bandwidth options from 100 Mbps to 10G+, you can scale your connectivity as your business grows without disruption.

  • Carrier-neutral colocation
  • Multiple network providers
  • Redundant carrier connections
  • 100 Mbps to 10G+ bandwidth
  • Scalable connectivity options

Carrier-Neutral Data Centre

A carrier-neutral data centre does not restrict you to a single internet provider. Rather, you can select from a variety of carriers that best suit your speed, performance, and budget. This provides you with more control, more pricing flexibility and more protection than a single carrier setup, without being tied to one provider.

Compared to a single-carrier facility, a carrier-neutral data centre gives you:

  • Multiple carrier options
  • Better pricing flexibility
  • Redundant connection paths
  • No vendor lock-in
  • More control over network performance

Our Carrier Neutral Network

Our carrier-neutral data centre in Kitchener is linked to carriers such as Rogers, Bell Canada, Fibernetics, Orange, AKN and Megawire. You can build more reliable network paths, enhance uptime and select the routing that suits your requirements with multiple carriers. Multiple connections can be used simultaneously or switched between as needed.

Rogers

Bell Canada

Fibernetics

Orange

AKN

Megawire

Benefits of Our Carrier Neutral Network

Our carrier neutral network gives your business access to existing carrier presence, the ability to switch providers, redundancy benefits, and greater choice and flexibility within one data centre.

The Meet Me Room

All carrier connections are combined in the Meet Me Room (MMR) within the facility. It allows for rapid GigE interconnection and other fast connections between carriers and customer systems. Since everything is centralized, latency remains low and upgrades are easy as your bandwidth requirements increase.

  • Meet Me Room (MMR)
  • GigE interconnections
  • Carrier-neutral functionality
  • Low latency
  • Upgrade capabilities
Network cable connected to a switch for carrier interconnection.

Bandwidth and Connection Speeds

Bandwidth ranges from 100 Mbps up to 10G+ to allow you to grow at your own pace. Upgrades are easy and do not involve moving equipment or downtime. This makes it ideal for cloud workloads, enterprise connectivity, and high-demand applications.

As your bandwidth needs grow, you can upgrade your connection without relocating equipment or disrupting your infrastructure.

100 Mbps starting connection

10G+ availability

Data centre network rack with connected switches and cables.

Cross-Connects and Custom Carrier Options

Cross-connects create direct physical links to carriers for fast and stable performance. Custom carrier arrangements, private interconnects and dedicated links are also available for more specialized requirements. This is particularly beneficial for AI workloads, secure environments, and enterprise systems requiring reliable low latency connections.

  • Direct carrier cross-connects
  • Private interconnect options
  • Dedicated network links
  • Custom carrier arrangements
  • Low-latency AI workload support
  • Secure enterprise connectivity

Why Carrier Neutrality Matters

Several carriers in the same location contribute to improved pricing and connectivity options.

Connectivity in Kitchener-Waterloo

This carrier neutral site offers excellent connectivity in Ontario, and is located in Kitchener, within the Waterloo Region technology zone. It provides a secure option to Toronto data centres and access to the large carrier infrastructure, with low latency performance. This helps companies within a rapidly expanding tech region that require their infrastructure and carrier variety to be scalable.

  • Kitchener location
  • Waterloo Region technology corridor
  • Ontario reference
  • Toronto comparison
  • Regional connectivity advantages
An aisle of servers in a data center

Colocations FAQs

What does carrier neutral mean?

When a data centre is not dependent on one internet service provider, it is called carrier-neutral and you can get the data centre connected to multiple internet service providers to have greater backup connections, flexibility, and performance.

Which internet providers can I connect to?

Depending on your needs, you can connect to Rogers, Bell Canada, Fibernetics, Orange, AKN, and Megawire.

What is a Meet Me Room?

Meet Me Room is a secure interconnection environment located within the data centre where carriers and customers can securely interconnect for low latency, high-speed networking.

What connection speeds are available?

Rates are 100 Mbps to 10G+ and can be scalable and tailored to the carrier.

  • 100 Mbps
  • 10G+
  • Custom carrier arrangements