Investment firm InfraRed Capital Partners has launched a new data center business seeded with facilities acquired from Canadian telco Rogers.

The company this week announced the launch of Qu Data Centres, a new operator with a footprint across nine markets in Canada.

The newly-launched unit has facilities across Calgary, Edmonton, London, Ottawa, and Toronto. Its sites total up to 49MW of capacity across 187,840 sq ft (17,451 sqm) of IT white space, and currently serve more than 750 customers.

“The launch of Qu marks a defining moment for Canadian digital infrastructure,” said James Beer, CEO of Qu Data Centres. “We are uniting the proven operational sophistication of our facilities, and the teams who run them, with a clear mission: To propel our clients forward by delivering unquestionably reliable, sovereign infrastructure. Qu is here to power Canadian innovation, today and for the future.”

Reports that Rogers was considering the sale of nine of its data centers surfaced back in March 2024. A deal with Infrared for Rogers’ Business data center portfolio was announced in August 2025. The nine sold sites did not include Roger’s corporate data centers used for its network and IT purposes. Proceeds from the deal were used to pay down debt.

InfraRed said Rogers Communications will continue to sell data center services and provide network connectivity into the facilities.

“We are excited to complete this transaction and launch Qu Data Centres to continue delivering high-quality services to its extensive existing client base, with Rogers continuing to sell data center solutions into the facilities,” said Pilar Banegas, partner, InfraRed Capital Partners. “With significant available capacity and expansion potential, the platform is also well-aligned to meet the needs of Canada’s growing demand for secure and sustainable data center services.”

Qu CEO Beer was previously SVP at cryptomine and HPC data center firm Hut8. He previously held roles at eStruxture, Q9 Networks, and Bell Canada.

Part of SLC Management, the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life, InfraRed is a mid-market infrastructure asset manager controlling $13bn of equity capital. Its previous investments include Vodafone NZ’s tower infrastructure, Proximus’ Luxembourg towers, and European data center firm Nexspace. It was also handling the wind-down of Triple Point’s D9 fund.