Hut 8 Corp: Hut 8 Vancouver Vault / VAN2

Hut 8 Vancouver Vault / VAN2 is a colocation data center operated by Hut 8 Canada in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The facility is located at 900 W Hastings St, positioning it near Vancouver’s central business district, financial core, Harbour Centre connectivity ecosystem, and regional telecommunications infrastructure.

The site is known as the Vancouver Vault because it is housed in a former Bank of Canada vault originally built to protect gold and cash reserves. Hut 8 describes the facility as designed to Uptime Institute Tier I standards, with utility power, UPS, generator backup, carrier-neutral connectivity, and a secure downtown Vancouver location suitable for colocation, hybrid IT, backup, and regulated Canadian infrastructure deployments.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Designed to Uptime Institute Tier I standards
2. 1 MW designed power capacity
3. A-side and B-side power available in every cabinet
4. 208V single-phase or three-phase power available; 120V single-phase available
5. 600 kW generator supplying backup power to the complex
6. On-site fuel capacity supporting more than 48 hours of runtime at full load
7. 560 kW UPS capacity
8. N+1 UPS redundancy
9. Five 50-ton chillers supporting 693 kW IT load at capacity
10. Chilled-water closed-loop cooling system with in-row cooling and outdoor chillers
11. Hot-aisle containment configuration
12. 6,210 sq. ft. facility
13. 4,155 sq. ft. of total IT whitespace
14. Full-height loading docks
15. Secure room for equipment delivery and storage
16. Full and half cabinets available
17. Full cabinet listed as 67 rack units / 48RU
18. Carrier-neutral facility with diverse building fiber entrances

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. Former bank vault structure designed for high physical protection
2. Reinforced walls, thick ceilings, and reinforced floors referenced for the vault structure
3. Restricted access and monitored operations
4. Controlled access to customer colocation environments
5. Secure room for equipment delivery and storage
6. Cabinet-based customer environments with full and half-cabinet options
7. Fire detection and suppression systems suitable for critical IT environments
8. Supports Canadian data residency requirements for British Columbia and Canadian organizations

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Carrier-neutral data center
2. Diverse building fiber entrances
3. Located in downtown Vancouver near the Harbour Centre connectivity district
4. Supports access to Vancouver-area network, carrier, cloud-adjacent, and enterprise connectivity ecosystems
5. Suitable for hybrid IT, colocation, backup, and disaster recovery architectures
6. Hut 8 Canada provides colocation, secure cloud, business continuity, network services, and managed services across its Canadian platform

💼 Who It Serves

1. Enterprises requiring secure downtown Vancouver colocation
2. Organizations with Canadian data residency requirements
3. Public sector, healthcare, technology, and regulated businesses
4. Cloud, SaaS, and managed-service providers
5. Telecom operators, ISPs, and network service providers
6. Organizations deploying hybrid IT, backup, disaster recovery, or multi-site infrastructure