The Ministry of Digital Development obliged the data center operators to build bunkers. The market has already calculated who will pay for it. The department divided all data centers into three categories: strategic, economically and socially important, corporate facilities. For strategic - location underground, in rocks or bunkers. Underground objects and rocks require different design, geological expertise and much more expensive installation of engineering systems. The capital expenditures are not comparable to the current operating budgets of most operators. The cost transfer mechanism is direct. The operators will not absorb capex from the margin - they will transfer it to rates. 10% above inflation is a lower estimate, announced even before specific standards for each category were known. The final payer is the corporate and retail internet consumer. The country receives a protected infrastructure. The market accepts the bill.

The Ministry of Digital Development obliged the data center operators to build bunkers. The market has already calculated who will pay for it. The department divided all data centers into three categories: strategic, economically and socially important, corporate facilities. For strategic - location underground, in rocks or bunkers. Underground objects and rocks require different design, geological expertise and much more expensive installation of engineering systems. The capital expenditures are not comparable to the current operating budgets of most operators. The cost transfer mechanism is direct. The operators will not absorb capex from the margin - they will transfer it to rates. 10% above inflation is a lower estimate, announced even before specific standards for each category were known. The final payer is the corporate and retail internet consumer. The country receives a protected infrastructure. The market accepts the bill.