Russia orders 10% of data centers reserved for state use amid drone attacks
Russian tech firms are accelerating plans to relocate data centers underground after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged facilities hosting AI supercomputers and disrupted cloud services for millions. The Kremlin has mandated that operators reserve 10 percent of capacity for emergency state needs, according to Meduza, signaling heightened concerns over infrastructure vulnerability in the ongoing war…
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- Kremlin decree requires **10% of data center capacity** be reserved for state emergencies
- Russian firms explore underground or camouflaged data centers after drone attacks
- Ukrainian strikes have damaged facilities for Yandex, Sberbank, and VKontakte
Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers
Ars Technica AI · 3 November 2026
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