Ukrainian drones hit Yandex data center in Kaluga, knocking modules offline

Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged a Yandex data center in Kaluga, Russia, with multiple modules out of service, according to Tom's Hardware. Ars Technica reports that one damaged facility houses supercomputers used to train Yandex's AI model. Tom's Hardware says the attack followed an earlier strike on a data center in Sasovo.

• Tom's Hardware describes the campus as 1.4 million square feet and Russia's largest data center.
• Ars Technica calls Yandex "Russia's Google".

Covered by 2 publishers within 41 hours of the first report.

• Tom's Hardware: Ukrainian drones strike largest data center in Russia, multiple parts of 1.4 million square foot campus knocked offline
• Latest 9:15 AM ET Tom's Hardware: Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers

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TH Tom's Hardware Ukrainian drones strike largest data center in Russia, multiple parts of 1.4 million square foot campus knocked offline · Oliver Haslam 6:30 AM

RTW RuntimeWire Yandex bot traffic fell to 0.4% of its two-week peak after Ukraine strike · Ryan Merket 11:44 PM

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