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Among the trends of the first half of 2024, IXcellerate Commercial Director Anastasia Neumann named the newly emerging active demand and capacity deficit. This is especially typical for Moscow. "We are seeing regular requests for the placement of high-power server racks, from 12 kW and above. This trend is largely due to the development of artificial intelligence and active digitalization, penetrating all sectors of the Russian economy," she explained.

of the Data Center of Nubes oman whatsapp resourceLLC, notes that cybersecurity remains one of the key topics on the market. He also highlighted another growing trend: more and more companies are showing interest in building their own data centers.

Igor Davydov, head of the Linx Datacenter project office, noted that in the first half of the year, data center construction was actively underway not only in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also in the regions. "Large and small data centers were built in approximately the same number in the first half of the year. New data centers are being built by both operators and developers. Operators have become more often involved in projects implemented by developers as consultants on the creation and operation of data centers," he said.

Previously, ComNews conducted a study of the largest operators of commercial data centers in Russia by racks put into operation. The leader was Rostelecom-DC Group of Companies - by the end of 2023, the Group had 21,285 racks put into operation. In 2024, it is planned to put another 2,058 racks into operation. Rostelecom-DC is followed by DataPro LLC - 6,557 racks by the end of 2023. Next comes IXcellerate Group - 6,279 racks by the end of 2023, 1,990 racks are planned to be put into operation in 2024. Then comes DC 3Data LLC - 5,997 racks by the end of 2023, 141 are planned to be put into operation in 2024. Next comes PJSC MTS - 3,900 racks by the end of 2023. Selectel LLC had 3,500 racks by the end of 2023, and plans to put another 112 into operation in 2024.

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