October 6, 2016, Moscow, London—IXcellerate, an unparalleled carrier neutral datacentre operator in Moscow, has confirmed its’ Moscow DC meets the highest operational management standards while lowering TCO. The expert jury of the annual Russian DC Awards, organized by IKS Media, announced IXcellerate as the winner in the Innovative Reduction of Total Cost of Ownership category.
IXcellerate’s application describes innovative approaches implemented throughout the construction and maintenance of the Moscow One DC. A balanced approach to reliability and fault tolerance, a preference for running cost-optimized solutions and other factors, including:
- nuanced financial modelling created alongside of the technical design,
- scaling effect,
- streamlined internal processes and procedures,
- standardized components,
- team training and motivation,
- modular construction,
- long-term partnering,
- multiple power suppliers choice.
Guy Willner, CEO of IXcellerate, said: “We use the very best global practices within the building and for operating the Moscow One data center and we continue to search for additional solutions and innovations allowing us to continually reduce TCO and improve service quality. Our current process has laid a foundation for our value proposition and its successful launch on the market. We are thankful to the jury for its appreciation of our efforts and attention to an important business angle – total cost of ownership. I am sure our success will inspire all those, who are ready to work towards development of the Russian IT outsourcing market.”
The awards were monitored by a community of DC experts. Applications were evaluated by the most experienced and highly qualified specialists and companies on the market. This year the award’s organizers had introduced a form of “double-blind” voting for more objective results, no jury member knew whose project he was appraising.
Dmitry Bederdinov, CEO of IKS Media, commented: “The conditions of the Russian market greatly influence TCO of commercial DCs in this country. The main concern when building DCs is to minimize capital expenses, because they can significantly impact ROI. Companies which have managed not only to build and run complex engineering systems despite the economic crisis but also to optimize their ownership costs deserve attention and respect. The purpose of the awards is to single out top performers in every category and set them as examples to other Russian market players.”
IXcellerate team would like to express its gratitude to the professional jury’s experts for their recognition and separately thank the general designer of the object, ARUP Group.