IBM has announced the opening of its newest SoftLayer cloud center in Drummondville, just outside of Montréal, Québec, Canada. This is IBM's second cloud center in the country, which follows the recent opening of the Toronto facility in August 2014.

The Montréal facility is part of IBM's $1.2 billion investment to expand its global cloud services portfolio. Aligning with client preferences for keeping data in country, the new cloud center provides a second Canadian location in which local customers can store, compute, and back up data. This is especially important to financial institutions, public-sector organizations, and many large enterprises.