IXcellerate, the Russian Alliance Member of the International Data Centre Group has named Arup as consulting engineers and Mercury Engineering for Phase I of it's 15,000 square metre Moscow 1 DataCenter Campus.

The site at the campus north of central Moscow with an expected ready-for-service date in Q4 of this year.
Steve Campbell-Ferguson, Data Centre Business Leader for UK and Europe of Arup said, "Having worked with Guy in the past with IXEurope and Equinix I am pleased we are embarking on this new and exciting project together."

"We are looking forward to a long-term relationship to build data centres in Russia with IXcellerate," said Declan O'Sullivan, General Manager of Mercury Russia. Guy Willner, CEO of IXcellerate, said: "Our aim was to select the best of breed to ensure our data center meets the requirements of our national and international customers. Both Arup and Mercury have a solid reputation in the Russian market.The project will see a 6,200 sq mt data center constructed in three phases. The initial 1,000 st mts is scheduled for operation in Q4 this year.