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Drones damage a second Yandex data centre in two days — several modules at Kaluga knocked out

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A second strike in two days on the computing infrastructure of one of Russia's leading SI companies: data centres are the foundation of any SI, and losing them hits services first.

According to Yandex (as relayed by Interfax), a drone attack damaged part of the infrastructure of its data centre in Kaluga: several modules are completely out of service, some services may run with interruptions, and there were no casualties. According to Interfax, the site in the Grabtsevo industrial park is designed for more than 3,800 server racks and 63 MW; the data centre in Sasovo was hit a day earlier, and Yandex has agreed with Selectel, K2Cloud and VK Cloud to move its clients' services faster. Kommersant reports that Yandex shares on the Moscow Exchange fell about 4% early in trading. Al Jazeera writes that, on the Ukrainian side, the strikes are presented as retaliation for attacks on Ukrainian data centres.

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History

Damage and strikes on data centers in Russia and Ukraine

22 events
  1. Yandex: three supercomputers were not damaged in attacks on its data centers and are moving to new sites
  2. Russia's Ministry of Digital Development approves requirements for protecting data centers from drones: strategic ones are proposed to be placed underground
  3. Yandex restores clients' access to 90.47% of Yandex Cloud data after attacks on data centers; a new site started operating on October 23
  4. Ukrainian data centre GigaCenter in Dnipropetrovsk reports building damage and outages for clients
  5. Yandex restores the main functions of Yandex 360 and Direct after damage to data centers and promises a major update of Alice AI
  6. Operator Datagroup reports its Kyiv data center was completely destroyed in a strike on October 19; Russia's Defense Ministry named it as a target
  7. VK reports a drone attack on its data centre in the Leningrad region
  8. Yandex denies reports that insurance on its data centers had not been renewed by the time of the attacks
  9. Data centers have become targets of strikes in several conflicts; Putin said Russia has "started to respond", including against data centers
  10. Cloudflare: after the outage of Yandex networks, bots' share of global traffic did not change, and some automated requests moved to other providers
  11. Rostelecom deputy chairman proposes building backup "doomsday data centers" in Russia
  12. Yandex restores most functions of the Alice AI chat and smart devices; calls on Stations are still unavailable
  13. Sberbank reports drone attack on its data center in Balakovo; it says the bank's systems are working normally
  14. Yandex Pay partially restores transfers and payments after data centre damage; Peskov: the matter is being discussed in the government
  15. Automated traffic from Yandex's network fell 94%, Cloudflare data show; Zelensky links this to social media bots, experts do not read the data that way
  16. Shadaev: Russia's Ministry of Digital Development and Defense Ministry are working on protecting data centers
  17. Yandex restricts some Yandex 360 functions after drone strikes on three data centers
  18. Data centers are becoming targets in conflicts: Russia's Defense Ministry reports a strike on a data center in Odesa, a senior Iranian official threatens SI facilities in the region
  19. Yandex data center in Vladimir shut down after a drone attack — the company's third in a week
  20. Alice AI and Stations run with interruptions after damage to Yandex's two data centres
  21. Drones damage a second Yandex data centre in two days — several modules at Kaluga knocked outOpen now
  22. Yandex data center in Sasovo shut down after fire; company cannot confirm it can be restored
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