GoKawiilDrone strike disables modules at Yandex's largest data center in Kaluga, Russia
A Ukrainian drone attack hit Yandex's Kaluga data center, Russia's largest, with Russian state media outlet TASS confirming several modules were completely taken out of service. The facility, covering 1.4 million square feet with over 3,800 server racks and 63 megawatts of power capacity, had only opened in late 2023 and hosted Yandex's internal services and cloud operations.
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The strike follows a similar attack on Yandex's Sasovo facility that disrupted services like Yandex Mail, Disk, and Market, suggesting Russian cloud infrastructure may be a recurring target in the ongoing conflict. Whether Kaluga was deliberately targeted for its scale remains unconfirmed, but repeated hits on data centers could signal a broader campaign against Russia's digital backbone, with potential ripple effects for everyday users and businesses relying on Yandex services.
- Yandex's largest data center, in Kaluga, suffered a drone strike that disabled multiple operational modules.
- The facility, opened in 2023, spans 1.4 million square feet and supports Yandex's cloud expansion and internal services.
- This follows a similar drone strike on Yandex's Sasovo data center, part of a wider pattern of attacks on digital infrastructure in the region.
Source: tomshardware.com — Oliver Haslam, 2026-10-10
Published there as: “Ukrainian drones strike largest data center in Russia, multiple parts of 1.4 million square foot campus knocked offline”
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