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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Disable Yandex Data Centers Impacting AI Services

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Impact: 70%

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Ukrainian drone strikes on October 8 and 9 have knocked out two of five data centers belonging to Yandex, disrupting the company's AI chatbot and other online services. The strikes were a response to Russian drone attacks on Ukraine's data centers, which have affected mobile and internet services in Ukraine. Yandex reported no employee injuries but acknowledged service disruptions for Russian users.

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Yandex's operational capacity for AI services has been significantly impaired due to the destruction of its data centers.

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Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out two of five data centers belonging to Yandex.

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Yandex operates the country’s most popular search engine and is known as 'Russia’s Google'.

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The strikes were a direct response to a Russian drone strike campaign targeting Ukraine’s data centers.

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Yandex acknowledged disruptions to some services following the drone strikes.

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Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"

Ars Technica·2h ago