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Rostelecom intends to increase investment in the company's Rostelecom Armenia business subsidiary (formerly GNC-ALFA). Rostelecom instead intends to increase its investment in the business. That signals a U-turn on the company's part, which had appeared poised to sell its subsidiary to Electri...

Rostelecom has announced that it has launched a new data center in the Medvedkovo area of Moscow. Located on Chermyanskaya street, the facility will span 20,000 sqm (215,280 sq ft), offering six data halls with the capacity for 312 racks each. Further, it has been disclosed that the site has ...

The Russian Federation has announced its intent to launch a crypto-mining facility worth over $12.3 million (900 million rubles) in the coming months. To be situated in Buryatia, a Russian republic in eastern Siberia, the facility, upon completion, is pegged to contain 30,000 mining devices.Ac...

Russian mobile provider Rostelcom is apparently interested in acquiring Megafon, according to local publications. The prospective agreement is being explored at the government level, according to CNews. Rostelcom already controls another Russian mobile provider, Tele2, and is the sole propriet...

Key Point has announced the launch of a new data center in Primorsky Krai in far east Russia. The Russian data center developer has outlined that at full build-out, the facility will have capacity for 880 racks and 10MW. Its first phase saw the construction of two modules with a total capacity...

3data has announced its expansion in Moscow, after developing its 3data P6 data center, located at 125445, Moscow, ul. Pravoberezhnaya, 6A/5. According to the company, the facility is built to Tier III standards and accompanies its 20+ facilities dotted across the Moscow region.The company rec...

Keypoint is expanding in Yekaterinburg, it has announced, with the addition of a new facility, spanning 3,200 sqm (34,450 sq ft). It will reportedly be built inside an existing building and constructed with the aim of achieving Tier III certification, developed in partnership with Russian telc...

Rostelecom is reportedly looking to expand its presence in Armenia, after the company’s President Mikhail Oseevsky met with Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan and his deputy Narek Teryan this week to discuss plans.Speaking about this, the Armenian Ministry of the Economy said: "Durin...

Rostelecom has announced that it is developing a backup data center for Russia’s Yekaterinburg local government. The vice president and director of PJSC Rostelecom Yekaterinburg said: “Our team has already equipped the premises for the data center, having installed and launched all engineering...

BitRiver, a crypto mining company,  is partnering up with Gazprom Neft, the third-largest oil producer in Russia and subsidiary of state-owned energy firm Gazprom, to power crypto mine data centers with flared gas, it has been announced. This comes following an MoU between the two signed at S...

Atos has announced it has begun a managed exit from Russia but outlined that the process would require "significant planning" due to its business operations and staff in the country.In a statement on its site, the company said: "Atos condemns the war in Ukraine, and we stand shoulder to should...

Rostelecom's Udomlya data center has entered its second phase. The launch features an 8MW facility with a capacity for 800 racks, and a new fiber-optic line. The facility first launched back in 2019 is located at the Kalininskaya Nuclear Power Plant in Tver and is a joint project with Rosener...

Rostelecom has announced that it is expanding one of its facilities in Moscow. Its M9 data center on Moscow's Butlerova Street will span 466 sq m (5,000 sq ft), with a capacity of 840kW and offer standard racks of 5.5 kW.The facility is built to Tier III standard and will reportedly accommoda...

Rostelecom has increased the capacity of its Yekaterinburg data center in central Russia. The company revealed that it would be expanding the capacity of its facility on the Iset River in Sverdlovsk Oblast. With the new expansion, the facility has added an extra 216 racks and a total capacity ...

Rostelecom has announced its plans to develop a hyperscale data center campus in Moscow, Russia. The company revealed that its subsidiary Rostelecom DPC acquired a facility at Nikopolskaya street. Rostelecom plans to develop four data center buildings at the site. The buildings will cover a to...