Mash: Russia is preparing to spend $4.4 trillion on data centers
Mash: Russia is preparing to spend $4.4 trillion on data centers.
Consensus
- Russia plans to invest 4.4 trillion rubles into data center development.
- By 2030, approximately 988 MW of new data center capacity is expected in Russia.
- The investment will support banks, marketplaces, cloud services, and AI developers.
- In 2024, total market spending could reach 1.259 trillion rubles.
- Capital expenditures for building new data centers may decrease by 30%, from 738 billion to 515 billion rubles.
- Some projects are being postponed due to lack of available power and high connection costs.
- Obtaining 5–10 MW of power in Moscow can take up to three years.
- Data centers are becoming one of the largest infrastructure markets, with access to electricity as a key resource.
Points of divergence
- There is no official confirmation of this information at the time of publication. — vm
- Sam Altman predicts that by 2028, data centers will surpass the human brain in capacity, and capitalism may not survive the transition to an economy of abundance; however, experts call this a marketing provocation due to real constraints in energy, chips, and data. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Mash: Russia prepares to spend $4.4 trillion on data centers — Вечерняя Москва
- Russia prepares to spend $440 billion on data centers; by 2030 the country should see about 988 MW of new capacity — Mash