A1: A1 Data Center

A1 Data Center is a commercial data center facility operated by Unitary Enterprise “A1” in Minsk, Belarus. A1’s official company materials state that the company launched its own data center in Minsk in September 2017, and its data center documentation identifies the facility address as 11 Tankovaya Street, Minsk.

The official A1 and A1 Digital Services pages provide facility level information for the site, including size, rack capacity, resilience, certifications, and service categories. Public third party validation is also available through the Uptime Institute, while detailed carrier rosters, meet me room details, and facility specific Internet Exchange operation were not located in the reviewed official or third party infrastructure sources.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Facility identity and address (operator stated, facility level): A1’s official data center service documentation defines the facility as “A1 Data Center” and states that it is located at 11 Tankovaya Street, Minsk.
2. Launch date and market positioning (operator stated, facility level): A1 states that its data center in Minsk was launched in September 2017 and describes it as one of the largest and most modern data centers in Belarus.
3. Facility size (operator stated, facility level): A1 states on its official company page that the data center occupies 7.5 thousand square meters. A separate 2017 official news release states 35 thousand square meters. These two official figures conflict, so the facility’s gross building size is treated below as Not publicly disclosed pending a consistent published figure.
4. Rack capacity (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the data center is designed for 800 server racks.
5. Power capacity (operator stated, facility level): A1’s 2017 official launch announcement states the data center has 8 MW of total electrical capacity.
6. Connectivity resilience (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the site is connected to the outside world via an optical ring with two independent entries. It also states that a 43 km backup backbone network with 1 Tbit/s bandwidth links the data center with A1’s head office and network management center.
7. Resilience architecture (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the data center provides 99.982% service availability and achieves this through redundancy of core engineering systems, including power supply and cooling, while allowing repair work without interruption to customer information and communication systems.
8. Published service categories (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the data center provides cloud solutions including IaaS, private clouds, cloud in a certified segment, and VPS; server and network equipment placement including Colocation and HaaS; plus backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and managed IT services.

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. Tier certification (operator stated, facility level; third party certification source): A1 states that the data center holds Uptime Institute Tier III certification in the Design and Facility categories. A1’s official support documentation explicitly states the site corresponds to Tier III and is certified by the Uptime Institute in Tier III Design and Tier III Facility.
2. PCI DSS (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the facility has a PCI DSS certificate and that this confirms the ability to provide services for merchants, acquiring banks, and issuers with payment card data protection requirements.
3. ISO 27001 and national information security compliance (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the data center holds ISO/IEC 27001 certification and confirmed compliance with STB ISO/IEC 27001-2016. A1 also states the site received a certificate of compliance with national information security requirements and that the certified segment may host systems processing information with restricted dissemination.
4. Physical security controls (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the site is under round the clock monitoring, has HD cameras, and offers a round the clock security system. More detailed published facility specific information on mantraps, biometrics, guard force composition, or cabinet level access controls is Not publicly disclosed.
5. Fire suppression systems (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. The reviewed official pages confirm resilience, security, and compliance claims, but do not publish detailed fire detection or suppression system specifications in the examined materials.
6. Certificate IDs and detailed audit scope (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. The reviewed official and third party certification references confirm certification status, but do not publish certificate IDs or detailed audit scopes in the examined pages.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. External network architecture (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the data center is connected externally by an optical ring with two independent entries, and also references a 43 km backup backbone network with 1 Tbit/s capacity.
2. Network service positioning (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the facility supports cloud, colocation, backup, DRaaS, and other ICT services delivered from the data center platform.
3. Carrier neutrality and on net carrier roster (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. The reviewed official pages do not publish a carrier neutral statement or an on net carrier list for A1 Data Center.
4. Networks present and third party interconnection listing (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. No confirmed PeeringDB facility record for A1 Data Center was located in this investigation.
5. Meet me room and cross connect products (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.
6. Internet Exchange (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. No reviewed official or third party source in this investigation confirms that A1 Data Center operates an Internet Exchange.

💼 Who It Serves

1. Enterprises needing colocated infrastructure (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the site offers server and network equipment placement and promotes colocating customer equipment in the data center for reliability and continuity.
2. Organizations consuming cloud infrastructure (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the facility supports IaaS, private clouds, VPS, and cloud in a certified segment.
3. Customers with regulated or restricted information workloads (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the certified segment of the data center may host systems that process information with restricted dissemination under Belarusian information protection requirements.
4. Financial and payment related users (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the facility’s PCI DSS compliance supports service delivery for merchants, acquirers, and issuers handling payment card data.
5. Organizations requiring backup, disaster recovery, and managed ICT services (operator stated, facility level): A1 states the data center provides BaaS, DRaaS, cybersecurity services, and managed IT offerings.