Good Day:

I took a quick search through the forum and found a couple threads that were very old so I didn't feel right bringing them back so here I am!

While I am only one individual, I hope that others will see this thread and possibly agree. It would be fantastic to see Linode expand into Canada (datacentre wise).

Thank you

Munzo

We've got a lot of great datacenters in Montreal that Linode could use, including the new Root Datacenter that's been garnering a lot of attention, we have crazy cheap electricity (there's a reason OVH is building the world's largest datacenter here), and we're just a stones throw away from Galloway (a 7.5 hour drive)

I've heard from a lot of people looking for servers that they don't want to host in the US because letting domestic data enter the US is too dangerous, so this could be a way to capture some business from Canadians who don't want to deal with the risks involved with US hosting.

All Linodes, even those which are not on US soil, are owned and operated by a US company (Linode) and are thus subject to US law.

- Les

Of course that is true but the jury is out on one aspect of this which is Microsoft - supported by some others - is actively objecting to share information that is on Irish servers.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/judge-mulls-contempt-charges-in-microsofts-e-mail-privacy-fight-with-us/

Of course the company in Canada would also have to abide by Canadian law

Indeed, the outcome of the Microsoft case could change things, but hopefully that will be resolved favourably.

Look at the opportunity...
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/ ... in-canada/

YAAAAAAGH

*runs away from the stock photo, screaming in horror*

There is an opportunity for cable management, that's for sure...

How about Vancouver? That might be a good spot, geographically speaking. Or Calgary. Toronto is great, but it's already darn close to Newark. (Close enough that my traffic from upstate NY to Newark went via Chicago and Toronto for quite some time.)

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Vancouver would be a good place for Linode in that they don't have any facilities in the north west, but it wouldn't do anything to service eastern Canada, where the majority of the country's population is: more than half of the population of Canada is in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor.

As a result, a datacenter in Vancouver would service only ~10 million Canadians, while a datacenter in Montreal or Toronto would service ~25 million Canadians.

The downside of having such a large country: Newfoundland is much closer to England than it is to Vancouver, despite the Atlantic ocean in between.

Would there be a discount if the Linode invoice was paid in "Loonies"?

//assuming they still have Loonies, I haven't been in Canada for several years//

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We do indeed still have loonies. Also twonies

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sleddog

There would be a discount in that we wouldn't have to pay the ~2.5% fee that VISA charges for currency conversions, but no major difference apart from that. Anything in foreign currency just goes on the credit card and gets auto-converted.

What a coincidence! I have two knees too!

Hi there I would love to see Linode expand into Canada.

I have two linodes for my secondary DNS servers but would happily move off my existing privately operated VPS and onto yours if only you could let me host here in Canada.

Pretty please!

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