Exterior view of QScale Q01 building outside Quebec City
Conference room with sweeping views
Communal lounge and kitchen area
Person walking along exterior corridor of building
Owner
QScale
Architect
Menkes, Shooner, Dagenais Letourneaux Architectes
Product
SageGlass Harmony®
Project Size
1,419 m²
Completed
2023

QScale is dedicated to developing environmentally responsible computing centers.  Their new Q01 space, strategically located in the Quebec City area, combines innovative building design with best-in-class energy efficiency. Recently awarded “North American Data Center Project of the Year” at the DatacenterDynamics (DCD) Global Awards, high-density colocation facility is designed specifically to support high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI).

QScale partnered with Menkes, Shooner, Dagenais Letourneaux Architectes to design a best-in-class computing center with minimal environmental impact. The facility boasts numerous innovative technologies to advance sustainable goals:

  • The facility is powered by 100% clean and renewable energy and the cold climate allows for free cooling up to 80% of the year.
  • The site employs a unique waste-heat energy recovery and reuse system with a nearby agricultural site to support a circular economy.
  • In office and common spaces, floor-to-ceiling electrochromic windows afford occupants views while reducing heat gain and energy loads, helping the building to improve its energy performance.

 

Our choice to use SageGlass Harmony as the primary means of solar shading allowed us to completely avoid the use of interior roller shades – which are often neglected by building users and end up being completely closed most of the time.
Matthew Fielding
Architect, Menkes, Shooner, Dagenais Letourneaux Architectes

“We were also able to demonstrate to our customer that SageGlass provided sufficient visual privacy during nighttime, which was a priority for them,” continues Fielding.

In August 2024, QScale received the prestigious “Sustainability Initiative of the Year” award from the Business Intelligence Group (BIG) for its commitment to environmental responsibility at the Q01 campus. 

Additional Information
QScale Website