“VKontakte” has acquired the main data centre of the social network from its founder and the former CEO Pavel Durov.

      The deal closure was announced by the company spokesman Georgii Lobushkin on his page at “VKontakte”. We are talking about the purchase of the company ICVA Ltd. owning the data centre “ITSVA” located in the Leningrad Oblast.

      The company has not commented on the details of the deal. According to the sources of the “Vedomosti” newspaper, the final purchase price may reach about one billion roubles.