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M&A / Property

Hive's Buzz High closes Toronto data centre acquisition

By The Northwire Desk — AI Analysis Sep 18, 2025 · 03:59 HIVE · 5.34 Hive Digital Technologies Ltd
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Executive Summary

  • Buzz High Performance Computing (a subsidiary of Hive Digital Technologies Ltd.) has closed the acquisition of a 7.2-megawatt data centre site in the Greater Toronto Area.
  • The site will serve as the foundation for a new Tier 3-plus data centre designed specifically for AI workloads, supporting both co-location services and Buzz HPC's own accelerated compute clusters.
  • The acquisition supports Buzz HPC's recent partnership with Bell Canada, expanding access to sovereign accelerated compute infrastructure nationwide.

Key Details

  • Transaction: Acquisition of a 7.2-megawatt data centre site in the Greater Toronto Area.
  • Entity: Buzz High Performance Computing (wholly owned subsidiary of Hive Digital Technologies Ltd.).
  • Facility Specifications:
    • Tier 3-plus data centre.
    • Engineered for sustainability using Ontario's clean electricity grid.
    • Liquid-cooling systems capable of supporting GPU racks of 150 kilowatts and higher.
    • Optimized for high-density AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
  • Strategic Purpose:
    • Serve as a foundation for sovereign AI infrastructure.
    • Offer co-location services to enterprises, institutions, and governments.
    • Deploy Buzz HPC's own accelerated compute clusters.
  • Partnership Context: Supports the recently announced partnership with Bell Canada and its Bell AI fabric ecosystem.
  • Market Context: Toronto is described as a globally recognized AI ecosystem anchored by the Vector Institute and the University of Toronto, with billions in AI investment.

Notable Quotes

  • "This acquisition represents an important step forward for Buzz HPC and for Toronto's role in the growing AI sector. Together with the Bell AI fabric partnership, the new data centre will provide the power and infrastructure needed to support Canadian research, business innovation and secure, high performance deployments. Whether through co-location services or direct access to our accelerated compute clusters, our customers and partners will benefit from infrastructure designed for scalability, reliability and data sovereignty." — Craig Tavares, President and Chief Operating Officer of Buzz HPC
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