28 October 2024
During 2024, the Roscongress
Foundation actively promoted the implementation of the national project ‘Data
Economy’. Discussions on the prospects for its development were organized at
leading business platforms together with the Association of Data Processing Centres.
“In recent years, we have seen a
significant increase in the volume of data processed in Russia, which makes the
development of data centres one of the key tasks to ensure sustainable economic
growth and digital transformation of the country. The creation of modern
infrastructure, including in the Far East regions, will not only help speed up
processes in domestic companies, but also attract international partners – a
number of companies in Asia Pacific are showing interest. The development of
data centres will be an important step in strengthening Russia’s
competitiveness in the global market and creating conditions for the
implementation of future projects in the field of artificial intelligence and
big data,” said Igor Pavlov, Deputy CEO of the Roscongress Foundation and
Director of the Eastern Economic Forum.
One of the important events was the
event ‘Data Economy and Regional Data Centres’ held on the platform of the
Governors’ Club of the Eastern Economic Forum. The discussion was attended by
representatives of leading Russian and foreign companies, such as VEB.RF,
Russian Railways, LeoMining (Vietnam), as well as heads of authorities and
experts. The discussion focused on the creation of infrastructure to support
data growth and the digital economy, as well as the prospects for developing a
network of regional data centres, including the Far East.
Data centres will become drivers of
digital transformation, attracting large companies and corporations such as
Roscosmos, Gazpromneft, Rostelecom, Rosatom, Yandex, Ozon, Sistema, Magnit, and
others. Chinese and Vietnamese companies are also interested in using data
centres and locating computing facilities.
Dmitry Grigorenko, Deputy Prime
Minister of the Russian Federation – Head of the Government Office of the
Russian Federation, stressed in his speech at the EEF that annual government
orders for the construction of data centres are increasing by 20–30%. The
development of artificial intelligence will require further investment in data
processing infrastructure.
The Roscongress Foundation will
continue to work on developing cooperation with the Association of Data Processing
Centres and other big data market participants within the framework of key
communication platforms, among them: St. Petersburg International Economic
Forum, Eastern Economic Forum and Russian Energy Week.
A situation centre for the
development of the ‘Data Economy’ national project will be presented by the
Roscongress Foundation and the Association of Data Processing Centres with the
participation of leading industry players at SPIEF as part of the Governors'
Club.
The Eastern Economic Forum 2024 was
held on 3–6 September at the Far Eastern Federal University campus in
Vladivostok. The EEF is organized by the Roscongress Foundation.
The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial
development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international
conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural
events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the
Russian Federation.
The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of
facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its
national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of
the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the
Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services,
provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment,
helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208
countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working
on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical
and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and
abroad.
The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other
international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 197
economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions,
financial, trade, and business associations from 83 countries worldwide, and
286 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and
legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.
The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and
Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation: roscongress.org.
