Macomnet brings dark fiber pairs to IXcellerate data center

Macomnet, a joint venture of Moscow Metro and Andrew Corp., says it has delivered 64 dark fiber pairs to IXcellerate, the Russian Alliance Member of the International Data Centre Group. The delivery is part of Phase I construction of IXcellerate’s Moscow 1 Data Center. This phase continues after completion of a temporary “meet-me-room” and steel works.

IXcellerate is a data center project founded by Guy Willner, founder and former CEO of IXEurope and former president Europe for Equinix Inc., and Cliff Gauntlett, former senior vice president of Golden Telecom. The project seeks to build and operate a 6,200-sq-m carrier-neutral data center in Moscow on a 15,000-sq-m campus. The construction process has three phases, with the first 1000-sq-m scheduled to be operational in the fourth quarter of this year.

Macomnet says the dark fibers will provide IXcellerate with the capacity and flexibility to accommodate future growth, as well as improve reliability and performance.