Famous in the world of startups founder of social network "Vkontakte" implements its own real estate assets, including the building of the data center with all the equipment, the new owners of social networks Fund DST. According to the statement of specialists premises, land and equipment owned company LLC ICWA", the owner of which is Pavel Durov, estimated at 500 million rubles. Specifically in the data center are stored the data of all users Vkontakte", which is the main asset of the social network. New investor social network Fund DST believed that the company should not depend on third-party data centers. In 2010, the Durov has negotiated the acquisition LLC ICWA, which owned the land and industrial buildings near St. Petersburg. In the same year started the reconstruction and repair of the complex of abandoned houses, on the ground with an area of 8.5 hectares. The complex contains 7 buildings joint area of 15 thousand square meters.. OOO ICWA currently has an offshore company International Business Company Icva Limited (Seychelles), 100% owned by Durova. After changing the main owners, 48% stake in Vkontakte for 1,47 billion dollars acquired firm Mail.Ru Group ceased litigation between Durov and old investors. The last that was associated with Durova "Vkontakte" - data centers LLC ICWA". In order to do the re-registration of all documents for the land and buildings, a fresh management of social networks made a decision to buy 100% shares of ICVA Ltd. Assets ICVA Ltd surpass 7 billion rubles, including space data centres 500 million, because you need to get a petition to accord this transaction in the FAS. According to the statement of specialists in the field of real estate, at the time of purchase, the location of the data center was estimated at 80-90 million. - It is not so much about the building in its purest form. The data center is also a special room for data storage, servers, air conditioning, staff, and much more. The social network buys not a box, but a part of her equipment, conditions for storing data. In this case, even 500 million rubles - the cost is low, especially considering the scale of business. For both sides - a good deal, quotes news of the words of the scholar.