Rack and Stack · Canada
Rack and Stack in Montreal
Rack and stack in Montreal means installing, mounting and cabling new hardware in a rack inside a data centre that another company owns and runs. Reboot Monkey engineers do the physical installation, cabling, labelling and power-on checks, so new servers and network equipment arrive in service ready to be configured.
In Montreal
- Rack and Stack
- Colocation
- Data Center Decommissioning
- Remote Hands
- Smart Hands
- Data Center Migrationon request
- Server Migrationon request
- ITADon request
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Plan your rack and stack job in Montreal
Send the hardware list, the rack position and the connectivity you need, and Reboot Monkey will quote the job.
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Rack and Stack in Montreal
The Montreal Internet Exchange (QIX) was originally created in 1995 by RISQ, the Quebec research network, and was incorporated in 2013 as a not-for-profit exchange. Cologix MTL3 stands on Rene Levesque West in Montreal. Hardware that is installed in this market is usually bought to connect to that kind of network, and the physical installation is where a deployment either starts cleanly or accumulates faults that surface weeks later.
Rack and stack is the installation of new hardware: mounting servers, switches and storage in the rack, running the cabling and bringing the equipment to a powered, checked state. It is separate from moving existing equipment between racks, rooms or facilities, which is server migration, and from removing retired hardware, which is decommissioning. A request for new equipment in Montreal is handled as rack and stack from the first contact: you describe the hardware, the rack position and the connectivity it needs, and a Reboot Monkey engineer is assigned to the work in the facility.
The facility operator owns and runs the building, including its power, cooling and access policy, and Reboot Monkey engineers work under the operator's site rules.
Datacenter Facilities in Montreal
Data centres in Montreal, ordered by the number of networks present:
- Cologix MTL3 (Cologix, Inc.), 1250 Rene Levesque West, Montreal H3B 4W8: 84 networks; carriers Arelion, EBOX, EXA Infrastructure and i3D.net
- Cologix MTL7 (Cologix, Inc.), 1155 University St., Montreal: 27 networks; carriers EBOX
- Cologix MTL11 (Cologix, Inc.), 875 Rue Saint-Antoine O, Montreal H3C 1A6: 18 networks; carriers Arelion, EBOX and EXA Infrastructure
- eStruxture MTL-1 (eStruxture Data Centers Inc.), 800 Rue du Square-Victoria, SS1-060, Montreal H4Z 1B7: 17 networks
- Cologix MTL2 (Cologix, Inc.), 3000 Rene-Levesque, Montreal H3E1T9: 15 networks; carriers Ssmidge Technologies
- Vantage Data Centers (QC1), 2900 Avenue Marie Curie, Montreal H4S 2C2: 13 networks; carriers Arelion and i3D.net
- Cologix MTL1 (Cologix, Inc.), 625 Rene-Levesque Blvd., Montreal: 12 networks
- eStruxture MTL-2 (eStruxture Data Centers Inc.), 7001, Rue Saint-Jacques, Montreal H4B 3A2: 10 networks
- eStruxture MTL-4 (eStruxture Data Centers Inc.), 17500 Trans Canada Hwy, Montreal H9J 3A3: 8 networks
- eStruxture MTL-5 (eStruxture Data Centers Inc.), 1080 du Beaver Hall Cote Suite 1512, Montreal H2Z 1S8: 6 networks
Our Rack and Stack Services
Rack and stack work covers cabling, labelling and power-on checks; quotes are on request. In practice a job in Montreal moves through the same stages each time, and each stage has a defined output you can check.
- Scoping: you send the hardware list, the target rack and the cabling and connectivity you expect, and the job is quoted against that scope.
- Mounting: servers, switches and other equipment are installed in the rails and positions you specify.
- Cabling: power and data cables are run and patched in the customer's rack. For network connectivity, Reboot Monkey orders the cross connects and carrier circuits from the facility operator and the carriers present in the facility, and its engineers install and patch the cabling in your rack.
- Labelling: every cable and device is labelled so that later remote hands or smart hands work can identify what it is touching.
- Power-on checks: each device is powered on and checked before the job is closed, so faults in the delivered hardware are found on day one.
- Fibre inspection: a fibre inspection scope and cleaning kit are available on request for optical links.
Why Reboot Monkey
Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator. It sells rack space, IP transit, leased IP addresses, network, data-centre hardware and the services that deliver, install and support them, inside data centres that other companies own and run. It is not a hosting company and does not own datacenters, so the installation is done for you in a building you have chosen, not tied to a building we operate.
A second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup for every customer site, which matters for a rack and stack job because installation dates are often fixed by a delivery or a change window. As of 2026, Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations, and the same working method applies to a single-rack job in Montreal as to a multi-site rollout.
Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job. A written scope that lists the hardware, the cabling and the checks to be performed is the basis for each quote, so procurement can compare it against the delivery you expect.
How Reboot Monkey Works
These terms apply in every facility in Montreal where Reboot Monkey engineers work.
- Response: 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA, and a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. The incident response SLA covers incidents and unplanned requests; on-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
- Monitoring: 24/7 NOC monitoring across all facilities, covering IPMI, iDRAC, SNMP, temperature, power, network signals.
- Hardware: vendor-neutral technicians for Dell, HP, Cisco, Juniper and Arista equipment.
- Independence: independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff).
- One agreement: single provider across cities, so a customer in several cities needs only one agreement.
- Service levels and terms: https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/solutions/sla
- Published case study: a major ICT provider engaged Reboot Monkey for three full infrastructure rollouts in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, with the hardware installed the same day at every site. Read the case study at https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/resources/case-study/how-we-completed-3-full-deployments-across-pakistan
Montreal
The data centres we work in hold their own certifications, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001. Ask us for the certificate of your site.
Related Services
New hardware rarely arrives alone. Most customers who install equipment in Montreal also need the rack space it sits in and the network connections it uses. If you are still placing the equipment, the options for [Colocation in Montreal](/en/colocation/canada/montreal/) cover the rack space side of the same deployment.
Once the hardware is racked, the same engineers can carry out remote hands tasks such as reboots, cable checks and visual checks, and smart hands work that needs diagnostic judgement and configuration knowledge. Hardware monitoring by the Reboot Monkey NOC covers the customer's servers and network equipment after installation. When the equipment reaches the end of its life, data center decommissioning and IT asset disposition (ITAD) handle removal, data wiping and disposal, so the lifecycle of a Montreal deployment can sit with one provider from first install to final removal.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does rack and stack cover in Montreal?
Rack and stack in Montreal covers installing, mounting and cabling new hardware in the customer's rack. The work includes cabling, labelling and power-on checks, and the network cabling is installed and patched in your rack by Reboot Monkey engineers. Quotes are on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
Do you work in every datacenter in Montreal?
Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Montreal where the customer has equipment and access, under the operator's own access and safety rules. The customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list before the first visit.
How fast can Reboot Monkey respond in Montreal?
Incidents and unplanned requests are handled under a 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA. There is also a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. On-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
How is Reboot Monkey different from the facility operator's own staff?
Facility operators' own technicians work for the building. Reboot Monkey engineers work for the customer: they are independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff), follow the customer's instructions, and the same team can cover several buildings in the city under one agreement.
How do I get started with rack and stack in Montreal?
Send the site, the equipment and the task through the contact form. Reboot Monkey replies with a quote and an engineer plan for that facility. Once agreed, the customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list and the rack and stack work is scheduled under the operator's rules.
Plan your rack and stack job in Montreal
Send the hardware list, the rack position and the connectivity you need, and Reboot Monkey will quote the job.