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Digital Classics

When we first established STO Mission Critical, it was hard to picture how much the data center landscape would change. Back then, data centers were just small server rooms tucked away in offices, not the huge facilities we see now. By the late 1980s, as personal computers became common in offices, the need for local area network (LAN) computing power increased. Server rooms expanded into full office-floor data centers.

Govan Brown Building Group (GBBG)’s work with the City of Toronto has evolved through a series of projects focused on addressing complex housing needs. Along the way, that experience has fostered a collaborative working relationship and a deeper understanding of the City’s priorities for delivering housing that responds to urgent community needs while meeting rigorous expectations for sustainability and long-term operational performance. Those priorities are reflected in the Toronto Green Standard (TGS), which establishes ambitious environmental and building-performance requirements for municipal developments, challenging project teams to balance speed of delivery with lasting quality.