Russian data centers face drone strikes and state controls
After Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers, President Vladimir Putin ordered private operators to reserve 10 percent of capacity for state IT infrastructure. Yandex later admitted losing 2.84 percent of customer data and said it restored over 97 percent.
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In early November, after Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian data centers, President Vladimir Putin ordered private operators to reserve 10 percent of capacity for state IT infrastructure, with 24-hour compliance if called. A new commission can order the release of that capacity.
The next day, Russia's Digital Development Ministry proposed countermeasures including jamming hardware, camouflage, shockwave protection and possibly underground data centers to protect cloud and AI facilities. It said Ukraine targeted five data centers in October, including Sberbank's largest facility in Balakovo and three Yandex sites.
On 12 November, Yandex admitted losing 2.84 percent of customer data after drone strikes damaged its datacenters, including a fire at its ru-central1-b zone in early October. It said it restored over 97 percent, is enabling backups by default for virtual machines, and launched a new ru-central1-f zone with resource quotas and no private endpoint traffic yet.
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Yandex admits data loss after drone strikes on datacenters
Russian cloud operator Yandex admitted losing 2.84 percent of customer data after drone strikes damaged its datacenters, including a fire at its ru-central1-b zone in early October. The company said it restored over 97 percent of data and is now enabling backups by default for virtual machines. It also launched a new ru-central1-f availability zone with resource quotas and no private endpoint traffic yet.
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- 3 NovNew development
Russia wants to camouflage data centers and may move them underground
Russia's Digital Development Ministry has proposed countermeasures for data centers after Ukraine stepped up strikes on Russian data infrastructure. The measures include jamming hardware, camouflage, shockwave protection and possibly subterranean data centers to protect cloud and AI facilities. Ukraine targeted five data centers in October, including Russia's largest facility in Balakovo, owned by Sberbank, and three owned by Yandex.
TechRadar ↗
- 2 NovNew development
Putin orders Russian data centers to reserve 10 percent for state
President Vladimir Putin has ordered private Russian data centers to reserve 10 percent of their capacity for state IT infrastructure, with owners given 24 hours to comply if called. The move follows Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian data centers, including Russia's largest facility and a finance ministry site. A new commission can order the release of that capacity.
Tom's Hardware ↗