Data processing center worth $15 million due in Yamal by 2029 — Development Corporation

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The data center's operation will rely on 33 gas piston units, each of them having the capacity of 1 MW

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. A business resident of the Russian Federation's Arctic Zone advanced-development territory will build a high-tech data processing center worth 1.25 billion rubles ($15 million) in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region by 2029, press service of the Corporation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic said.

"A new business resident of the Russian Federation's Arctic Zone advanced-development territory will build a high-tech data processing center in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region," the press service said.

Investments in the project will make 1.25 billion rubles, and the data center will be commissioned by 2029. Thus, Yamal will have a big high-performance site with a capacity of 30 MW.

The data center's operation will rely on 33 gas piston units, each of them having the capacity of 1 MW. The investment project also envisages infrastructures to accommodate computing equipment. The facility will have a local gas supply network for generators, and system for security and access to technological sites. The data processing center will occupy an area of 30,000 square meters. It will be used to store large amounts of information, to access network infrastructures and services, including artificial intelligence capabilities.

"By obtaining the data processing center Yamal will gain the status of a high-tech region," Director of the Corporation's Department on Support and Implementation of Investment Projects in the Arctic Anastasia Zhuk said. "Businesses will prefer the Arctic to ensure the smooth operation of big companies and projects, which will lead to new investments in its territory. In the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, 179 business residents of the Russian Federation's Arctic Zone advanced-development territory have been implementing investment projects under agreements with the Corporation, and they have invested in the region's economy more than 6 billion rubles ($73 million)."

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