As reported by Snob, the obligation for data center owners to reserve capacity was established by the Russian president. The publication's headline does not provide details on the deadline for fulfilling the requirement or which specific capacities should be taken into account.
Operators are awaiting the calculation methodology, according to Vedomosti and Rosbalt. Without it, existing reports do not specify how the reserve will be calculated for a particular data center or which parameters will be included in the calculation.
RTK-DPC Data Center Audit
Interfax reported that RTK-DPC has begun an audit of its data centers as part of the presidential decree. The agency does not specify which facilities are being checked or how the audit results relate to the anticipated methodology.
In its November 3 review, Pravo.ru also mentioned the reservation of data center capacities but did not provide additional details on the calculation procedure. Available publications do not disclose when the methodology will be presented or what actions will be required from operators after its approval.
