A drone assault struck a major Yandex data center in Russia’s Kaluga region, knocking multiple modules entirely out of service, according to Russian province media TASS on October 9.
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“Several modules of the Yandex data center in Kaluga have been entirely taken out of operation as a result of a UAV attack, the business reports,” TASS said.
The Kaluga facility, located in the Grabtsevo manufacturing park, was designed as Yandex’s largest data center in Russia. Construction began in 2022, alongside the location entering procedure in the second fractional of 2023.
The complex covers approximately 130,000 quadrate meters and has a planned power capability of 63 megawatts—about 50% greater than several of Yandex’s another important data centers. It can modify additional than 3,800 server racks, all designed for loads of up to 15 kilowatts.
The facility supports Yandex’s inner services and was additionally built to expand Yandex Cloud, including the company’s fourth preparedness zone.
Earlier, moon images revealed the degree of the damage to a data center operated by Russian innovation company Yandex in Sasovo, Russia’s Ryazan region, following a Ukrainian drone strike.
