Data Centers Are War Targets Now
Ukrainian drones struck Russian Yandex and Sberbank data centers, disrupting everyday digital services across Russia.
404 Media reports that Ukrainian drones struck Russian data centers, including a fourth attack in a week against a Sberbank facility after earlier hits on Yandex sites. President Zelenskyy confirmed strikes on data centers and oil refineries. Three Yandex strikes damaged supercomputers that housed some AI models, took two of the company's six Russian data centers offline, and disrupted email, cloud services, taxis, and commercial logistics. The article also cites Iran's March strikes on AWS facilities in Dubai and a legal researcher on dual-use targeting, proportionality, and civilian harm.
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