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As shown by a joint study by 3dataand iKS-Consulting , conducted in December 2022, the average price for the colocation service - renting space for placing IT equipment in data centers - in the agglomerations of "Moscow" (includes Moscow and the nearest Moscow region) and "St. Petersburg" (includes St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region) with placement in the first quarter of 2023 amounted to 104.8 thousand and 74.6 thousand rubles, respectively. Prices in netherlands cell phone number list Moscow compared to the previous quarter decreased by 4%, while in St. Petersburg they, on the contrary, increased by 7%. Both agglomerations account for more than 84.5% of the entire commercial data center market in Russia, while Moscow's share at the end of 2022 was 71.5%, and St. Petersburg's - 13.1%. And the introduction of new capacities outside the megacities had little effect on this situation.

the overall situation in Moscow was not affected by the rise in prices for services of a number of large players. In St. Petersburg, the volume of racks offered decreased almost three times compared to the previous period, and this trend will continue. In Moscow, on the contrary, a new PNK platform with 1,200 racks was put into operation, while the total volume of rack space used for colocation in both capitals is 2,200 racks. The intrigue of the near future is whether the new PNK lines will be put into operation on time and who will become the owner and operator of this asset.

According to Pavel Karavaev, Product Expertise Development Manager at Softline Group, the pricing policy of various Moscow colocation service operators may differ depending on the capacity of the machine rooms: "A data center with one and a half thousand racks will have a lower price per unit than the same data center with 500 racks. In addition, the TIER certification of each individual data center may affect the price tag."