Ukrainian Drone Strikes Knock Out Three Yandex Data Centers in Russia
· World · Ars Technica, NHKニュース
Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out three major data centers owned by Russian tech giant Yandex over several days, exposing vulnerabilities in Russia's centralized digital infrastructure. The attacks targeted facilities in the Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir regions, damaging three supercomputers used to train the YandexGPT AI model and disrupting services across the country. Pro-Kremlin commentators have warned that Russia's digital economy is unprepared for a prolonged data center conflict, noting that Ukraine's decentralized digital services may prove more resilient. The strikes followed an initial Russian drone campaign in late September that targeted Ukrainian telecommunications and power grid infrastructure.
Why it matters
The direct targeting of AI supercomputing infrastructure marks an escalation in digital warfare between Russia and Ukraine, threatening critical domestic services.
Read the original report — Ars Technica
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