Ukrainian drones disable Yandex’s Kaluga data center, disrupting YandexGPT services
Ukrainian drone strikes hit two of Yandex’s five data centers in Russia’s Kaluga and Sasovo regions on October 8 and 9, according to Reuters. The Kaluga facility, Yandex’s largest, houses two of its three supercomputers used for training YandexGPT, while the Sasovo center hosts the third. Yandex confirmed disruptions to services like media websites, Ivi streaming, T-Bank, and Russian Railways,…
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- Ukrainian drones hit Yandex’s Kaluga and Sasovo data centers on October 8–9, disabling two of five centers
- Kaluga facility hosts two of Yandex’s three supercomputers for **YandexGPT** training; Sasovo holds the third
- Disruptions reported for media, banking, and transport services in Russia; no employee injuries confirmed
The attacks follow Russia’s ongoing drone strikes against Ukraine’s infrastructure since late September. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy framed the strikes as a ‘symmetrical response’ to Russian targeting of Ukrainian data centers, power grids, and residential areas. Firepoint’s FP-1 drones were reportedly involved in the Kaluga strike. This escalation mirrors broader wartime targeting of data centers, including Iran’s drone attacks on Amazon facilities in Bahrain and the UAE after U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran in February.
Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
Ars Technica AI · 9 October 2026
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