Ukraine's drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers

Ukraine's drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers

Ukraine's drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers

Russia is scrambling to hide and harden its data centers after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged facilities run by Yandex, Sber and VK and disrupted digital services used by millions. State telecom company Rostelecom has discussed moving some centers underground, and a regional governor has proposed building them inside open-pit coal mines, with parks planted above as camouflage. Yandex has had to relocate all three of its main supercomputers after strikes on its AI data centers. On November 2, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree requiring private data center operators to reserve 10 percent of their space and capacity for state needs, ready within 24 hours of an order.

Russia is scrambling to hide and harden its data centers after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged facilities run by Yandex, Sber and VK and disrupted digital services used by millions. State telecom company Rostelecom has discussed moving some centers underground, and a regional governor has proposed building them inside open-pit coal mines, with parks planted above as camouflage. Yandex has had to relocate all three of its main supercomputers after strikes on its AI data centers. On November 2, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree requiring private data center operators to reserve 10 percent of their space and capacity for state needs, ready within 24 hours of an order.

Russia is scrambling to hide and harden its data centers after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged facilities run by Yandex, Sber and VK and disrupted digital services used by millions. State telecom company Rostelecom has discussed moving some centers underground, and a regional governor has proposed building them inside open-pit coal mines, with parks planted above as camouflage. Yandex has had to relocate all three of its main supercomputers after strikes on its AI data centers. On November 2, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree requiring private data center operators to reserve 10 percent of their space and capacity for state needs, ready within 24 hours of an order.