IXcellerate MOS3 Data Center

2025: Data center launch in Moscow

On October 29, 2025, IXcellerate announced the commissioning of a new MOS3 data center in Moscow. The total capacity of the facility is 2,400 racks with an energy consumption of 30 MW.

According to the press service of IXcellerate, the construction is located in the North campus of the company in the Altufyevo area and is the fourth and final object on its current territory. Of the 2,400 racks, 1,400 are already operational and the remaining 1,000 will be up and running by January 2026. According to the operator, the project meets international Tier III reliability standards and PCI DSS payment systems security requirements.

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MOS3 is located in a four-story structure occupying 7,367 square meters. m. For the construction of the new facility, outdated industrial buildings were completely demolished. Representatives of IXcellerate claim that during the construction process, domestic materials that meet the requirements of state standards were used.

According to information from IXcellerate, the center's engineering infrastructure includes a chiller and funkoyle-based cooling system that allows the center to use free cooling year-round. Excess heat is disposed of to heat the administrative premises. The data center is incorporated into the combined IXcellerate network, enabling users to connect to more than 50 cloud and telecommunications service providers. In addition, access to Eurasia Peering and MSK-IX peer-to-peer networks is provided.

IXcellerate CEO Andrei Aksenov said that the growth of digitalization in Russia is increasing the demand for data center services. He stressed that the company continues to develop capacity to ensure uninterrupted business and increase the availability of digital technologies.^[1]

2023: Obtaining a building permit

IXcellerate has received permission to build a new data center in Moscow. This was announced on May 4, 2023 by the deputy mayor of the capital for urban planning policy and construction Andrei Bochkarev.

According to him, the IXcellerate MOS3 data center will be built in the Otradnoye area on the Altufevskoye highway. The area of ​ ​ the facility will be 7.4 thousand square meters. m, design capacity - 30 MW. The complex will be divided into a technical and administrative block, which will house employee offices and meeting rooms. For uninterrupted operation of equipment in a four-story building, an autonomous power supply system will be created. Rooms with server equipment will be located from the second to the fourth floor. On the ground floor, the project provides for an entrance group and premises of the administrative and household area. The building will be equipped with two cargo and passenger elevators.

Data center project IXcellerate MOS3

The pace of digitalization of business and urban economy is increasing every day, so data storage and processing centers are in great demand in the capital, "says Bochkarev. - Mosgosstroynadzor specialists have issued all the necessary documentation to start construction.

As the chairman of Mosgosstroynadzor Igor Voistratenko noted, the data center will be provided with round-the-clock security, a contactless biometric access system will also be organized here, a video surveillance system and motion detectors will be installed. The adjacent territory will be landscaped: outdoor lighting and an open parking lot for cars will appear, he said.

Voistratenko added that on behalf of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the Committee pays special attention to the quality of construction and installation work at production facilities, therefore, at each stage of construction, compliance checks of work and materials of design documentation will be carried out. Investments in the project by the beginning of May 2023 were not disclosed.^[2]

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