Rosatom offers Google and Facebook to place personal data of Russians in a new data center near the nuclear power plant
The new law “On Personal Data” will come into force on September 1, 2015. It orders foreign companies to place data on Russian customers exclusively in the territory of the Russian Federation. Similar laws are already in force in Vietnam, China, Indonesia and India.
Two large US companies Google and Facebook are also subject to the new law. They were offered cooperation by Rosatom . Sergey Novikov, director of the communications department of Rosatom State Corporation, said that IT companies can host their servers in the Tver region, on the site next to the nuclear power plant. There is the construction of a data center "Rosatom".
“When located near an energy source, in this case, with the power units of the station, companies have reduced costs and they are guaranteed to receive a source of energy. Financial costs are also reduced due to the smaller distance from the source. As for whether companies will have time to build their data centers, the question is for them. We have electricity, and we can even run everything today or in a month, ”Mr. Novikov told Izvestia.
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The head of the information and public relations department of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC, Andrei Timonov, said that the first phase of the data center will be operational by mid-2016. “The general contractor was determined, and all the works went to obtain the appropriate permits. The data center will be partially used under the needs of Rosenergoatom due to the specifics of our activities and the turnover of large amounts of data. At the same time, we will borrow 5-10% of the total capacity of the data center. Everything else will be offered on the market, ”he explained.
Alla Zabrovskaya, director of public relations for Google in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, said that at the moment the company cannot comment on the situation.
Today, Megamozg wrote that the Moscow City Telephone Network ( MGTS ), a subsidiary of MTS, has begun to re-equip its telephone exchanges for data storage. Data centers will be created individually for specific customers. The company has 66 buildings at its disposal. While rebuilding only one of them. At the initial stage, MGTS plans to invest 100 million rubles in the construction of its data centers.
July 13, "Megamind" reported that the Association of European Businesses ( AEB ) still insists on the postponement of this law. AEB includes about 600 companies from Russia and the European Union. At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum ( PEF ) they sent a relevant proposal to President Vladimir Putin: “Let the law come into force this year, but it must remain“ asleep ”: that is, in order for the sanctions provided by law to begin to be applied after a year, September 1, 2016” said the source "Kommersant". The State Duma does not exclude that US companies are primarily lobbying for the postponement of the law.
“Since the law came into force, companies have another year to bring their business in line with Russian legislation. And no one has the right to cancel or freeze the law. All conditions are met, ”the source said,“ Izvestia ”. Russia provides active support to foreign companies. The authorities are ready to build a dialogue with each of them. Moreover, the country is building data centers to store personal data transferred from other countries.
Two large US companies Google and Facebook are also subject to the new law. They were offered cooperation by Rosatom . Sergey Novikov, director of the communications department of Rosatom State Corporation, said that IT companies can host their servers in the Tver region, on the site next to the nuclear power plant. There is the construction of a data center "Rosatom".
“When located near an energy source, in this case, with the power units of the station, companies have reduced costs and they are guaranteed to receive a source of energy. Financial costs are also reduced due to the smaller distance from the source. As for whether companies will have time to build their data centers, the question is for them. We have electricity, and we can even run everything today or in a month, ”Mr. Novikov told Izvestia.
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The head of the information and public relations department of Rosenergoatom Concern OJSC, Andrei Timonov, said that the first phase of the data center will be operational by mid-2016. “The general contractor was determined, and all the works went to obtain the appropriate permits. The data center will be partially used under the needs of Rosenergoatom due to the specifics of our activities and the turnover of large amounts of data. At the same time, we will borrow 5-10% of the total capacity of the data center. Everything else will be offered on the market, ”he explained.
Alla Zabrovskaya, director of public relations for Google in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, said that at the moment the company cannot comment on the situation.
Today, Megamozg wrote that the Moscow City Telephone Network ( MGTS ), a subsidiary of MTS, has begun to re-equip its telephone exchanges for data storage. Data centers will be created individually for specific customers. The company has 66 buildings at its disposal. While rebuilding only one of them. At the initial stage, MGTS plans to invest 100 million rubles in the construction of its data centers.
July 13, "Megamind" reported that the Association of European Businesses ( AEB ) still insists on the postponement of this law. AEB includes about 600 companies from Russia and the European Union. At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum ( PEF ) they sent a relevant proposal to President Vladimir Putin: “Let the law come into force this year, but it must remain“ asleep ”: that is, in order for the sanctions provided by law to begin to be applied after a year, September 1, 2016” said the source "Kommersant". The State Duma does not exclude that US companies are primarily lobbying for the postponement of the law.
“Since the law came into force, companies have another year to bring their business in line with Russian legislation. And no one has the right to cancel or freeze the law. All conditions are met, ”the source said,“ Izvestia ”. Russia provides active support to foreign companies. The authorities are ready to build a dialogue with each of them. Moreover, the country is building data centers to store personal data transferred from other countries.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/292710/
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