International Business Alliance: MDA Data Center

MDA Data Center is a commercial data center facility in Minsk, Belarus, operated by International Business Alliance CJSC. The operator’s official data center site presents a dedicated facility profile for “ЦОД МДА” and describes it as a purpose built data center located on the territory of the High Tech Park of the Republic of Belarus.

The official facility materials publish the site address as 11 Programmistov Street, Minsk, and describe the building as a standalone two story structure with an overall area of about 1,000 sq.m. The operator also publishes facility specific service pages for Colocation, Dedicated Server, and VPS, indicating that the site is used for colocated and hosted infrastructure services.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Facility identity and address (operator stated, facility level): The official MDA data center site states that the facility is built on guarded territory in the Belarus High Tech Park at 11 Programmistov Street, Minsk. The contact page also publishes ЦОД МДА at ул. Программистов, 11.
2. Building form and size (operator stated, facility level): The official facility description states that the site is a specialized standalone two story building with a total area of about 1,000 sq.m.
3. Data hall and telecom layout (operator stated, facility level): The official description states the machine hall contains 64 server racks and that the facility includes telecommunications rooms for 8 racks. It also lists an energy supply center, cooling center, control and monitoring center, customer workspaces, and administrative areas.
4. Power architecture (operator stated, facility level): The official description states the site includes a dedicated transformer substation with two independent utility inputs, diesel generator units, two modular UPS systems, and intelligent PDUs with power and environmental monitoring at rack level.
5. Cooling architecture (operator stated, facility level): The official description states the facility uses liquid cooling at rack level, air conditioning and ventilation systems, and an overpressure system in the machine hall with шлюзовые камеры for dust protection.
6. Redundancy model (operator stated, facility level): The operator states on the security and quality page that cooling and power systems are built to an N+1 scheme, allowing maintenance or repair of any engineering element without shutting down the primary load.
7. Rack density (operator stated, facility level): The colocation page states an average electrical power of up to 20 kW per rack.
8. Hosted service catalog (operator stated, facility level): The official site publishes Colocation, Dedicated Server, and VPS services from the MDA Data Center.

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. Physical security controls (operator stated, facility level): The official description states the facility is built on guarded territory and includes a physical access control post, multi level room access control, and video surveillance on the internal and external perimeter of the data center.
2. Retention and guard coverage (operator stated, facility level): The colocation page states the site provides access control and video surveillance with data retention for more than 30 days and 24/7 security.
3. Fire protection (operator stated, facility level): The official description states the site has a gas fire suppression system, while the colocation page separately states fire alarm and fire suppression systems are provided.
4. Reliability classification statement (operator stated, facility level): The colocation page states that the facility’s technological solutions were developed in accordance with the third class of reliability classification and assessment of the Uptime Institute, and the security and quality page states the site corresponds to level 3 (Concurrently Maintainable) international standards for data centers. A formal Uptime Institute certification record or certificate ID was Not publicly disclosed.
5. ISO, SOC, PCI DSS, and other named compliance certifications (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. No reviewed official page explicitly published ISO, SOC, or PCI DSS certification for the MDA Data Center.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Dual utility and service inputs for customer equipment (operator stated, facility level): The colocation page states customer equipment is connected by two independent power inputs, with uninterrupted power, climate support, video surveillance, and fire protection.
2. Telecommunications rooms (operator stated, facility level): The official facility description states the building includes two separate telecommunications rooms.
3. Meet me room / cross connect products / pricing (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. The reviewed official pages publish colocated hosting and dedicated services, but do not publish commercial cross connect details or meet me room information.
4. Internet Exchange (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed. No reviewed official or third party source in this investigation confirms that the facility operates an Internet Exchange.

💼 Who It Serves

1. Organizations needing colocation in Minsk (operator stated, facility level): The operator markets Colocation for customers placing their own equipment in shared rack space or dedicated cabinets at the data center.
2. Customers requiring dedicated infrastructure (operator stated, facility level): The operator markets Dedicated Server services including servers, storage systems, and telecommunications equipment hosted from the data center.
3. Organizations using virtual infrastructure (operator stated, facility level): The operator markets VPS services for development, testing, corporate systems, websites, portals, VPN, and other application workloads.
4. Customers needing technical support and hands on assistance (operator stated, facility level): The dedicated server page states support is available in 8/5 format, with 24/7 extended support available by agreement.