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IXcellerate

Altufievskoe shosse 33G, Moscow, Moscow City, 127410, Russian Federation

Overview

IXcellerate operates commercial data centers and provides on-demand colocation and high-connectivity services to Russian and international corporations, financial institutions, hypercloud players and carriers. Its facilities are rated Tier III / Level 3 and it reports 99.999% service availability. The company is ranked among the Top-3 largest data-center operators in Russia and counts customers such as Tencent Cloud, Huawei, Softline, Nestlé, Refinitiv and Orange Business Services. IXcellerate announced c. $190 million in new financing and will use the proceeds to accelerate expansion of its Moscow North and South campuses. Management plans to add new capacity and to build one of the largest data campuses in Europe, improving connectivity, availability and performance for a broader customer base. The company emphasises sustainable, ESG-compliant practices and scalable infrastructure to support digitalisation and uninterrupted business operations. IXcellerate operates a carrier- and cloud-neutral commercial datacentre campus in Russia, offering personalized colocation solutions for servers and telecommunication equipment with scalable, on-demand capacity. The company’s Moscow One campus covers 15,741 square meters, with 6,000 square meters of colocation space and a current capacity of 2,185 racks in the existing building. Customers include multinational corporations, finance conglomerates, large retailers, IT providers and communications companies such as Thomson Reuters, Orange Business Services, RETN, Telia, NTT Communications, Evroset, Softline, Onlanta and FORS Distribution, along with other global corporations (some undisclosed). Led by CEO Guy Willner, IXcellerate has raised $35m in international funding for its Russian project. The company recently secured a $15m convertible loan from Goldman Sachs. The new funding will be used to expand the IXcellerate Moscow One Datacentre in Northern Moscow.

Total raised
$205M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Jan 2022

Industries

  • Data Center
  • Information Services
  • Information Technology
  • Telecommunications
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Jan 2022

    $190M

  2. Convertible Note

    Sep 2017

    $15M

Team

  • Guy Willner

    Co-Founder & CEO

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  • J. Clifford Gauntlett

    Co-Founder & Former COO

  • Dmitry Fokin

    Managing Director

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  • Victoria Reid

    Executive PA to Chairman & Co-Founder IXcellerate

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