From Ars Technica · · 1m 30s
Russia buries data centers as Ukraine strikes back
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian tech infrastructure force the Kremlin to order emergency measures and consider moving servers underground.
In brief
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian tech infrastructure force the Kremlin to order emergency measures and consider moving servers underground. Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers have damaged AI supercomputers and disrupted services for millions, prompting Russia to order operators to reserve capacity for…
Ukraine strikes Russian data centers
Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged Russian data centers housing AI supercomputers and disrupted cloud services for millions of users across Russia.
Targets hit include major tech firms
Ukraine has degraded or knocked out data centers operated by Yandex, state-owned bank Sberbank, social media site VKontakte, and the Russian Ministry of Finance.
Russia plans underground relocation
State-owned telecommunications company Rostelcom has raised the possibility of moving some Russian data centers underground in talks with nickel and palladium mining company Norilsk.
Putin orders capacity reservation
On November two, Putin signed a decree ordering Russian data center operators to set aside ten percent of available space and capacity for government use.
Kremlin reverses sovereign internet policy
Putin's decree allows a special government commission to authorize use of foreign data centers, reversing Russia's previous Sovereign Internet Law that blocked companies from using cloud infrastructure outside Russia's borders.
Ukraine's decentralized system proves resilient
Ukraine's decentralized digital services have proven much more resilient despite years of Russian attacks, aided by Amazon and Microsoft helping migrate government resources to European cloud regions after the February two thousand twenty-two invasion.
What matters most
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers have damaged AI supercomputers and disrupted services for millions, prompting Russia to order operators to reserve capacity for the state and explore moving facilities underground.
