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Ukraine strikes Yandex data center housing two of the company’s supercomputers
Meduza • • world
Key Points:
- A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region, halting its operations without causing injuries.
- The outage has disrupted several Yandex services, including its main platform, Yandex Disk, and Yandex Documents, as well as affecting websites like Cian, Russian Railways, and regional administrations.
- The data center is located within the premises of the Sasta machine-tool plant, which also caught fire; Sasta produces machinery for export and defense enterprises and is under Western sanctions.
- The Sasovo center houses two of Yandex’s supercomputers, including “Chervonenkis,” one of Russia’s most powerful, but the status of these machines post-attack is currently unknown.
- The strike follows a pattern of Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centers and infrastructure, seen as part of ongoing efforts by both sides to disrupt each other’s military and economic capabilities.
