Map / QC
Verified 2026-08-01
Microsoft Donnacona Datacentre
Microsoft / Donnacona, QC
Construction
0 MW
announced
0 MW
energized
- 2022-11-22 Announced
- 2026 Developer target stated by the developer, not a filed date
- Power path
- Grid
- Generation tech
- hyperscale cloud/AI (Azure Canada East expansion), hydro grid power
- Utility
- Hydro-Quebec
- Queue reference
- Not stated
- Target online
- 2026
- Announced
- 2022-11-22
- Verification
- public_filing
- Coordinate
- 46.6774, -71.7327 (town)
Getting power in Quebec
Went from selling surplus hydro to data centres to actively pricing and gatekeeping them out.
The full Quebec record, with the route to power, the binding constraint and every dated policy event.
Sources
- Donnacona datacentre construction update - Microsoft Local
- MICROSOFT EXPANDS DIGITAL FOOTPRINT IN QUEBEC
Construction started Feb 2024; superstructure complete Nov 2025; substation/soundwall remaining H2 2026 per Microsoft's own project-update blog. No site-specific MW disclosed.
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- QScale Q01 Campus QScale · 96 MW · Operating
- Vantage Quebec City Campus (QC2, incl. QC21/QC23/QC24) Vantage Data Centers · 86 MW · Construction
- Gatineau Data Hub (GDH) AVAIO Capital / Société immobilière ADAM · 50 MW · Not approved
- Bitfarms Sherbrooke – Bunker Keel Infrastructure (formerly Bitfarms Ltd.) · 48 MW · Operating
- UnitedCorp Beauharnois data centre / greenhouse project UnitedCorp · 40 MW · Announced
- eStruxture MTL-2 eStruxture Data Centers · 30 MW · Operating
- Vantage Montreal III (QC6) Vantage Data Centers · 30 MW · Operating
Last verified 2026-08-01. Corrections: sam@mccordinvestments.com