April 13, 2015 at 12:29Rostelecom modernizes networks and data centers for 60 billion rubles
Rostelecom uses the project financing mechanism to receive the 60 billion rubles that the company needs for the construction of data centers, the modernization of data backbone transmission, and the construction of optical networks. This was announced in an interview with Interfax by the president of the company Sergey Kalugin.
The total amount of Rostelecom's applications for participation in the financing mechanism is more than $ 1.17 billion at the exchange rate as of April 11. The president of the company says that soft loans are needed for projects that are important not only for Rostelecom, but also for the Russian economy as a whole. Data centers will be built for the company's own needs and for third-party customers.
Rostelecom previously applied for soft loans under the project financing mechanism for the construction of the Sakhalin-Magadan-Kamchatka fiber-optic communication line. Construction will begin in the second quarter of 2015, the project is estimated at 3 billion rubles.
In November 2014, Sergey Kalugin spoke about the company’s plans to invest 40 billion rubles in the construction of data centers, as demand for the centers is growing, and the capacity of the company's data centers is coming to an end.
One of the company's future projects could be the construction of a data center with 8,000 server racks based on the Kalinin NPP together with Rosenergoatom, Vedomosti reports . This is slightly less than a third of the entire market for commercial data centers in Russia.
Project finance facility- This is a way for the government to support organizations in the real economy. The mechanism limits the credit rate to no higher than the Central Bank of the Russian Federation + 1%, establishes the procedure for providing state guarantees for loans.
The total amount of Rostelecom's applications for participation in the financing mechanism is more than $ 1.17 billion at the exchange rate as of April 11. The president of the company says that soft loans are needed for projects that are important not only for Rostelecom, but also for the Russian economy as a whole. Data centers will be built for the company's own needs and for third-party customers.
Rostelecom previously applied for soft loans under the project financing mechanism for the construction of the Sakhalin-Magadan-Kamchatka fiber-optic communication line. Construction will begin in the second quarter of 2015, the project is estimated at 3 billion rubles.
In November 2014, Sergey Kalugin spoke about the company’s plans to invest 40 billion rubles in the construction of data centers, as demand for the centers is growing, and the capacity of the company's data centers is coming to an end.
One of the company's future projects could be the construction of a data center with 8,000 server racks based on the Kalinin NPP together with Rosenergoatom, Vedomosti reports . This is slightly less than a third of the entire market for commercial data centers in Russia.
Project finance facility- This is a way for the government to support organizations in the real economy. The mechanism limits the credit rate to no higher than the Central Bank of the Russian Federation + 1%, establishes the procedure for providing state guarantees for loans.