GoKawiilUkrainian drone strikes hit three Yandex data centers, disrupting Russian services
Ukrainian drones struck three data centers operated by Russian tech giant Yandex over four days, knocking facilities offline and disrupting services relied on by banks, retailers and consumers. One targeted site, in Sasovo, held tens of thousands of servers along with two supercomputers used to train Yandex's AI models.
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The attacks highlight how data centers, once seen as purely civilian infrastructure, are becoming military targets in modern conflicts, which could push governments and companies worldwide to rethink physical security for AI and cloud facilities. As AI investment concentrates computing power into a few large sites, the incident suggests such concentration creates attractive targets whose loss could ripple through dependent industries.
- Ukrainian drones hit three Yandex data centers in four days
- Disruptions affected banks, retailers and ordinary Russian users
- One site housed supercomputers used for Yandex's AI development
Source: fastcompany.com, 2026-10-14
Published there as: “Building an AI data center costs billions. Defending it is another story”
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