Open Technologies Engineering Begins Construction of a New Data Center in St. Petersburg

Press release

Key Point Group has announced the start of construction of a new commercial data center in St. Petersburg. The first facility of this scale within the city limits will be located at 10 Prokofiev Street. The new site will become the largest colocation platform in St. Petersburg and the entire Northwestern Federal District of Russia and will join Key Point Group’s expanding regional data center network.

The project, with a total capacity of 20 MW, is designed to accommodate 1,626 IT racks. The launch of the first phase — with a capacity of 5 MW and housing 330 IT- racks (each at 8 kW) — is scheduled for Q1 2027. This phase will be certified to the Uptime Institute Tier III standard.

The second and third phases, designed for 1,296 racks with a combined capacity of 15 MW, are planned for commissioning in Q3 2027 and Q2 2028, respectively. These phases will be certified to the Tier IV standard — the highest level of fault tolerance recognized by the Uptime Institute. The St. Petersburg facility will be the first Tier IV data center in the Northwestern region.

The EPC contractor for the project is Open Technologies Engineering, a market leader in data center design and construction in Russia.

“The demand for modern digital infrastructure in St. Petersburg is growing every year. This new reliable data center will become a cornerstone of the digital economy in the entire Northwestern region. The start of construction is another step in implementing our program for the development of a nationwide data center network,” said Evgeny Virtzer, CEO of Open Technologies Engineering and founder of Key Point Group.

Taras Chirkov, Director of Operations Management at Key Point Group, emphasized: “This data center will not only be the first of its kind in the city but also the largest, meeting all key needs of potential clients. We have considered everything — from scale and the highest Tier IV reliability level to convenient transport accessibility, allowing clients to reach the facility by public transport. In addition, our operations team consists of highly qualified experts who authored the operations manual and developed the Russian data center classification model. For us, this project represents the best practices and engineering standards of Key Point Group.”