The Ministry of Internal Affairs is looking for a data center to accommodate its IT equipment

2022: Tender for DPC for RUB 698.7 mln

On September 13, 2022, it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was looking for a data processing center (DPC) for 698.7 million rubles.

The tender for the lease of a technological site for the placement of IT equipment for the needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was published on September 3, 2022 in the format of an electronic auction. It is conducted by the Main Information and Analytical Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (GIAC MVD). Applications for the auction are accepted until September 19. The results will be announced on September 20.

According to tender documents, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is looking for a data center to accommodate its IT equipment. At the same time, the customer indicates that it is possible for the purpose of purchasing and "renting equipment to ensure the conditions of operation" of the data center.

As part of the contract, the lessor must provide the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a machine room capable of accommodating 4.2 thousand units. The lease period under the contract is 24 months. According to the documents, the data center should be located within the Central Federal District or the Northwestern Federal District with the exception of the Kaliningrad Region. Within the framework of the contract, the Contractor shall independently deliver the Customer's equipment.

In 2021, operators the Russian data centers launched 4.9 thousand racks into commercial operation, according to to data a study by CNews Analytics. The growth was about 12% - from 41 thousand at the end of 2020 to 46 thousand at the end of 2021.

At the same time, against the background of sanctions, many projects for snacking data centers are postponed indefinitely - data center providers promise to launch in 2022-2023. more than 20 thousand additional racks, but whether the promises will be fulfilled is unclear. This is due, among other things, to the fact that foreign vendors have stopped supplying engineering equipment to Russian data centers.

And in April 2022, an acute shortage of places in data centers formed in Moscow. Thus, their number has decreased to 800 places (the minimum value since 2018). At the same time, Moscow accounts for up to 72% of the total colocation services market in Russia.

Roman Shulimov, Sales Director of Linxdatacenter, also agreed with the acute shortage of data centers. According to the terms of reference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a machine room is required for at least 100 racks, he noted.

Among the commercial data centers, there are still sites ready to accommodate such a volume, "Shulimov told CNews. - In theory, such a volume could shelter IXcellerate in Moscow (although they say that everything is busy on the last campus) and DataPro.

In St. Petersburg, Goznak was recently rebuilt at 470 racks and a new DataLine platform was launched, he said^[1].

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