| Developers: | MegaFon |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2018/09/04 |
| Technology: | DPC |
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Main Article: Data Center (Data Center)
2025
Opening of the data center in St. Petersburg
The company MegaFon"" launched into operation data center St. Petersburg in using Russian-made equipment. The facility built using modular technology provides for further scaling and placement of more than 800 racks. Total capacity will reach up to 14 megawatts once construction is completed. The data center has become the largest platform for hosting the network infrastructure of a telecom operator. This was reported by the press service "" MegaFon October 9, 2025.
The main task of the facility is to ensure the reliability and stability of the network. Storing and processing large amounts of subscriber data throughout the country is also included in the functions. The engineering systems of the center are based on domestic developments of manufacturers. Import substitution covers critical infrastructure components.
Alexey Titov, Technical Director of MegaFon, spoke about the distinctive features of the infrastructure facility. According to him, the domestic origin of the equipment is combined with the high energy efficiency of the system. Design and construction took into account the company's own technical expertise. Unique Russian engineering experience was applied when creating a data center. Domestic climatic equipment in terms of energy efficiency is in no way inferior to world counterparts. The volume of import substitution is constantly increasing as the project develops. The process provides an incentive for local developers and equipment manufacturers to develop. The technological sovereignty of the industry is strengthened through such projects.
Ventilation installations of Russian production are responsible for the climate in the machine rooms of the new data center. The automatic mode of operation is selected depending on the temperature and humidity of the environment. Air cooling is used under favorable external conditions. Water mats turn on when the air temperature rises. Freon compressors provide cooling in hot weather. Sealed zones with the insulation of the "hot" corridor are created to increase the efficiency of heat removal. The heated air is collected in a separate chamber for further treatment. It is taken to the plant, where it is automatically cooled in the selected mode. Returns to the machine room after reaching the desired temperature.
Opening of data centers in Yekaterinburg and Tver
The telecommunications company MegaFon has launched two data centers in Yekaterinburg and Tver to expand the infrastructure for storing and backing up information. The new facilities are designed to provide additional reliability of the operator's network. The opening of data centers was announced on July 10, 2025.
According to the press service of the telecom operator, the launch of new data centers is due to the rapid growth of traffic and digitalization of various spheres of life. This requires the cellular operator to extend its own infrastructure to serve subscribers.
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Data centers in Yekaterinburg and Tver use identical engineering solutions, components, processes and standards. The area of each object is about 800 square meters. Each center accommodates 110 racks for hosting server equipment.
The total power consumption of the server equipment will be 1 megawatt with the placement of standard racks of 7 kilowatts. The project includes the possibility of installing high-load racks with a capacity of up to 15 kilowatts and expanding the total capacity to 1.5 megawatts.
Director of Energy Systems DPC MegaFon and Alexander Bryazgin noted that the company increases the performance of the infrastructure of existing data centers and builds new sites. According to him, the design took into account the requirements of energy efficiency and high performance of computing power.
Bryazgin said that it was possible to design and build data centers from scratch, taking into account the engineering experience of large IT companies and their own technical expertise. The solutions implemented have helped increase data center efficiency by 25%.
The director emphasized that this makes it possible to provide several times more density of operation of the IT infrastructure segment. This approach opens up opportunities for the development of new services and services that meet the requirements for quality, reliability and availability.
Construction of the largest data center in Siberia for 2.1 billion rubles
On June 19, 2025, it became known that Megafon had deployed the largest data processing center (DPC) in Siberia. Its capacity is 5 MW with the possibility of further scaling up to 20 MW.
About the object, which is located in Novosibirsk, said the general director of Megafon Khachatur Pombukhchan. According to him, the data center will include four machine rooms, which are planned to be commissioned in stages. The first is designed for 50 racks.
 | We are completing the construction of a data processing center at the site of an industrial and logistics park, which will become the largest in the eastern part of Russia, "said Khachatur Pombukhchan. |  |
According to the Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Novosibirsk Region, Sergei Tsukar, the project for the construction of a new data center is in an active stage: engineering equipment is being installed. The data center is expected to ensure the high-quality and safe use of information resources by residents, organizations and enterprises, and will also contribute to the further digitalization of the region.
| | In the context of digital transformation, the demand for the capacity of data centers is very high. The region, as one of the key IT centers in Russia, has not been increasing the pace of consumption of digital services for the first decade, and for the successful use of modern services, a reliable infrastructure base is needed, "Tsukar said. | |
Megafon and the Government of the Novosibirsk Region also signed an agreement to expand communication networks and increase the level of digitalization of the economy in the region. The agreement, among other things, provides for the development of telecommunications infrastructure in the region, including remote and small settlements. In addition, the introduction of digital services in key areas of the economy of the Novosibirsk region will continue.
Earlier it was reported that Megafon planned to invest about 2.1 billion rubles in the construction of a new data center in Novosibirsk.[1]
2019: MegaFon decided to build data centers on its own
On March 21, 2019, MegaFon announced plans to build its own data centers instead of buying existing capacities from other data center operators.
| | We carefully studied the data center market for existing proposals, a MegaFon spokesman told TASS Information Agency of Russia. - As a result, it was decided to independently build data centers using the most modern solutions. | |
The company noted that this decision is caused by problems when existing data centers either represent services of the past round of technology development, or set unreasonably high prices for these services.
MegaFon did not disclose the volume of planned investments in the construction of its own data centers.
By March 2019, MegaFon has a network of data centers with 18 facilities. They are located in such cities as, Moscow,, St. Petersburg, Kazan Samara Orenburg,, Novosibirsk Stavropol, Murmansk,,, Krasnodar Tomsk Yekaterinburg, Khabarovsk.
All data centers are built according to the requirements of the international TIA-942 standard and are located in buildings that are either owned by the company or in a long-term lease.
MegaFon notes that the data centers and network infrastructure are designed taking into account the requirements for ensuring customer continuity and meet the Tier 2/+ reliability level ( in accordance with the Uptime Institute classification). At the same time, the Samara data center has an international certificate for compliance with the requirements of category Tier-3.
In 2018, MegaFon's capital expenditures, including on expanding its data center network, increased by 45.5% compared to 2017 and reached 81.46 billion rubles. Part of the costs fell on the purchase of equipment necessary to comply with the Spring Law.[2]
2018
The company's network includes 6 data centers and 165 sites in all Russia
As of 2018, Megafon's distributed data center network includes six main centers located in Moscow and the Moscow Region, Samara, Novosibirsk, and 165 sites throughout Russia.
In 2018, Megafon began modernizing data centers and increasing their operational efficiency using a new architecture. Among the company's tasks is to reduce the time for building a data center and reduce the time for presenting data center resources through the use of scalable technical solutions and automation of business processes. To do this, Megafon plans to standardize the architecture of centers, use modern solutions in architecture, power and cooling systems, such as modular prefabricated structures, unified equipment, energy-efficient power and cooling systems.
Launch of the data center in the SEZ "Technopolice Moscow"
On September 4, 2018, MegaFon PJSC announced the launch of the Data Processing Center (DPC) located in the Technopolice Moscow Special Economic Zone.
According to the company, the construction of the data center began in April 2017. The lease term is 20 years. The center transport node guarantees communication channel capacity up to 1.3 Tbit/sec. and has ring protection. The data center will be used to house its own server and other telecommunication equipment, and can also be used to implement joint pilot projects with the company's partners. As of 2018, 400 technological racks are located on the territory of the Center with an area of 1500 square meters. m. The total capacity of the data center is 3.2 MW.
| | The technical capabilities of the data center provide for the development needs for the near future of the Capital Branch of MegaFon PJSC and Subsidiaries (Gars Telecom, MegaLabs), make a significant contribution to the development of infrastructure for the digital economy of the region, contain the potential for processing government orders, including the implementation of 374-FZ requirements, and will also help the effective development of the Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone Anton Pirogov, Operating Director of the Capital Branch of MegaFon PJSC | |
As reported, the data center has a TIER III reliability certificate.
The construction used innovative engineering solutions, including power and cooling systems, which will achieve energy efficiency.
| | Of particular note is the cooling system that was used in the creation of the data center. This innovative solution is an adiabatic cooling system (cooling due to water evaporation), which significantly reduces the cost of equipment and its operation and preserves the environment. In this case, power consumption is significantly reduced compared to conventional air conditioning systems. Anton Pirogov, Operating Director of the Capital Branch of MegaFon PJSC | |
Cold supply to the process rooms in which the telecommunication and server equipment will be installed will be provided using 11 adiabatic air cooling plants manufactured by Munters, model Oasis-200. The cooling capacity of each plant is 232 kW.
Reliability of engineering solutions for power supply is ensured by joint use of guaranteed and uninterrupted power supply systems. The guaranteed power supply provides power supply when the voltage supply to the main power supply is stopped. In MegaFon DPC, the guaranteed power supply system is implemented using 3 diesel generator sets with a capacity of 1620 kW each, with a fuel reserve of 24 hours of continuous operation at full load. When the power supply is completely interrupted, the data center equipment is provided by an uninterruptible power supply and batteries.
2012: HP-Designed Data Center Network
By the end of 2013, Megafon promised to build commercial data centers designed to provide services to third-party customers in each federal district. In addition to the existing data centers at that time in Samara, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Khabarovsk, from where such services were already sold, the operator planned to build data centers in the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and Rostov. Hewlett-Packard became the general designer.
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