Linx Datacenter

Linx Datacenter, formerly Linxdatacenter, is a Russian data center and cloud provider that has gone to market as Linx since 2023, with Linx Datacenter and Linx Cloud as its sub-brands. ER-Telecom Holding, the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Talos Fund I LP have owned the business since April 2021. It operates through the Moscow legal entity Svyaz VSD LLC, and Mikhail Vetrov is general director.

The company owns two Tier III data centers, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, which also host its Linx Cloud platform. Services include colocation, IaaS and private cloud, GPU computing, backup and disaster recovery, network services and information security. The business began as Linxtelecom B.V., a Dutch telecom company.

Linx Datacenter History:

• In 2023, the company adopted Linx as its main brand, with Linx Datacenter and Linx Cloud as sub-brands.
• In April 2021, ER-Telecom Holding, the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Talos Fund I LP acquired the Russian business from Netherlands-based Linx Telecommunications Holding.
• In February 2017, Linx completed the sale of its telecom segment, including its Tallinn data center, to CITIC Telecom CPC.
• In 2013, the company launched the Linx Cloud public cloud.
• In October 2011, the company opened its St. Petersburg data center.
• In 2007, Linxtelecom B.V. acquired Svyaz VSD, operator of a Moscow data center on 8 Marta Street.
• Founded in 2000 in Amsterdam.