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Rostelecom Decides Against Selling The Armenian Business Unit

Mar 20, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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 Electric Networks of Armenia (ENA) in a deal valued at an estimated $25 million as recently as January. Mikhail Oseevsky, head of Rostelecom, stated that the company has opted to aggressively expand it rather than worry about selling it. 

In 2012, Rostelecom purchased GNC-Alpha shares, acquiring a 75% investment in the firm created in 2007 and offering fixed telephony, IP TV, and other services throughout the nation. Rostelecom said in October of last year that it was thinking about building a new data center in Armenia. Still, no other information on the site, plans, or schedule was provided. The firm runs data centers in Russia in Moscow, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg, Udomlya, Yekaterinburg, and Chita. At Murmansk, more facilities are planned.

Rostelecom has 18 sites.

Outside of the facility
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Switchgear
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The data center has its own 24/7 security service. Entrances to the territory and premises of NORD‑4 are equipped with access control system (ACS), which protects from unauthorized access.
NORD4 Security Desk
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NORD‑4 has 100 cu.m fuel underground storage with a tank for emergency fuel discharge. From this storage fuel is automatically added to fuel tank of diesel generators.
Underground Fuel Storage
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There are 8 computer rooms in NORD‑4.
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Aerial photo of NOR4
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NORD2 Layout
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NORD1 Site layout
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NORD3 3rd floor Layout
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NORD4 3rd floor layout
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NORD2 in the foreground and NORD1 in the background
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NORD3 Exterior
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Nuclear power plant close to the DataLine (Rostelecom) campus
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