Yandex Takes a Second Data Center Hit in 48 Hours
A drone strike took Yandex’s Kaluga data-center modules offline, the company’s second Russian site hit in 48 hours.
Russian state media TASS reported on October 9 that a drone strike put several modules of Yandex’s Kaluga data center completely out of service. The Grabtsevo industrial-park site, described as Yandex’s largest in Russia, covers about 130,000 square meters, was planned for 63 megawatts, and can hold more than 3,800 server racks. It supports Yandex internal services and Yandex Cloud. The strike was the company’s second data-center hit in 48 hours, after damage at its Sasovo facility in Ryazan.
- TASS reported a UAV strike took several Kaluga data-center modules completely offline.
- The Grabtsevo site is Yandex’s largest Russian facility, planned at 63 megawatts.
- It supports internal services and a Yandex Cloud zone with more than 3,800 racks.
- Satellite imagery had shown damage at Yandex’s Sasovo site after an earlier drone strike.
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A drone attack struck a major Yandex data center in Russia’s Kaluga region, knocking several modules completely out of service, according to Russian state media TASS on October 9.
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“Several modules of the Yandex data center in Kaluga have been completely taken out of operation as a result of a UAV attack, the company reports,” TASS said.
The Kaluga facility, located in the Grabtsevo industrial park, was designed as Yandex’s largest data center in Russia. Construction began in 2022, with the site entering operation in the second half of 2023.
The complex covers roughly 130,000 square meters and has a planned power capacity of 63 megawatts—about 50% greater than some of Yandex’s other major data centers. It can accommodate more than 3,800 server racks, each designed for loads of up to 15 kilowatts.
The facility supports Yandex’s internal services and was also built to expand Yandex Cloud, including the company’s fourth availability zone.
Earlier, satellite images revealed the extent of the damage to a data center operated by Russian technology company Yandex in Sasovo, Russia’s Ryazan region, after a Ukrainian drone strike.
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