Data center Selectel Yurlovsky (data center)

2023: Selectel's largest data center is scheduled to launch in early 2025. Deadlines shifted due to the search for a replacement for departed suppliers

Selectel has shifted the timing of the launch of its new data center in Moscow, which should become the largest in the network of its data centers, which as of September 2023 has six sites in St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region and Moscow. Ilya Mikhailov, Technology Director of Selectel Data Centers, told TAdviser that the launch of the first stage of the new data center is now scheduled for the first quarter of 2025. Earlier, the company expected to do this in 2023^[1].

The new Selectel data center of Tier IV level, according to the provider, will have the largest machine room in Russia with an area of ​ ​ 4.5 thousand square meters. meters for 2 thousand racks with the possibility of expansion.

Most data center operators were forced to adjust the timing of the launch of new areas due to a change in the market for data center equipment suppliers and an increased logistics leverage. If earlier we worked with time-tested suppliers, today new players entered the market, and it took time to study their offer, - explained TAdviser in Selectel. - The current situation led to the adjustment of the construction time, since it took us additional time to revise the project and study a new offer in the infrastructure equipment market.

In one of the Selectel data centers on the street. Flower in St. Petersburg "(photo: TAdviser)"

The company plans to start major construction work in 2024. Ilya Mikhailov told TAdviser that as of September 2023, the concept and design of the engineering infrastructure of this project has already been developed, design documentation is being developed and civil construction work is underway at the site.

At the same time, Selectel begins to order equipment for a new site - UPS, MSS, diesel stations, ventilation plants, etc. All this has a delivery time of about 5-8 months, depending on what is needed, and it is necessary to order now so that by the time of completion of civil work, equipment can be installed and connected.

At the same time, as the technology director of Selectel data centers told TAdviser, all infrastructure solutions from foreign vendors who left the Russian market, which were purchased earlier, managed to find a replacement. There are a large number of high-quality analogues - both foreign and Russian.

So, to replace the departed suppliers of electrical equipment, such as Schneider Electric and ABB, came Chinese companies - for example, Chint and DEKraft, Turkish - for example, EAE, South Korean equipment of the LS Electric brand, etc. There is no shortage here, Ilya Mikhailov noted.

In the field of refrigeration equipment, there are a number of Russian companies, such as Refkul, Technofrost. In addition, now Systeme Electric (formerly Russian business Schneider Electric) is trying to make solutions in the field of cold supply. Also, Italian companies are still carrying equipment to Russia. Products from China are also available.

Selectel found a replacement for engineering solutions for data centers of all vendors who left the Russian market "(photo: TAdviser)"

In terms of server hardware, Selectel focuses on its own assembly based on server platforms from different manufacturers using various component configurations. Deliveries of the latter to Russia have become somewhat more complicated against the backdrop of the events of 2022, but they continue to be imported.

As for network equipment, Selectel technical director Kirill Malevanov noted at a conference on September 21 that Huawei remained in 2023: "Huawei is now more or less out of invisibility mode." Selectel has a lot of equipment from this vendor in production, which he added well and stably. But in addition to Huawei, there are domestic brands on the market, such as, for example, Eltex and Qtech. Eltex equipment, in particular, Selectel already uses.

2022: Construction of a data center with the largest machine room in Russia

In May 2022, Selectel announced the construction of a new data center in Moscow. A feature of the project called "Yurlovsky," according to the company, will be the largest single machine room in Russia with an area of ​ ​ 4500 square meters. meters, designed for 2000 server racks with further expansion potential.

By May 2022, the company is engaged in design and civil works. The commissioning of the facility is scheduled for 2023, but the timing can be adjusted depending on the market situation.

Selectel is building a data center with the largest machine room in Russia

The total supplied power of the data center will be 20 MW, the average power per rack is 8 kW. The new data center is designed according to the Tier IV reliability level [1]. Uninterrupted operation will be supported according to the power backup scheme 2x6/5N - for each part of 1000 racks, five working clusters and one backup are allocated. Thanks to this, the data center will be able to withstand any planned or unplanned impact without consequences for the infrastructure and operation of IT services.

It is noted that Yurlovsky is being built using a unique cooling technology for Russia without the use of freon systems, which allows minimizing the impact on the environment. According to Alexey Eremenko, Infrastructure Director of Selectel, the data center will be cooled by outdoor air (friculation technology), and adiabatic mats will be used as aftercooling. These and other measures will allow Selectel to significantly reduce electricity consumption and increase the useful area of ​ ​ the machine room, he said.

Yurlovsky will become the second Selectel data center in Moscow. Five more data centers of the company are located in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region. In parallel with the construction of a new data center, Selectel continues to develop other sites. Thus, in 2022, a new Berzarina DC module (570 server racks) was put into commercial operation in Moscow.

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