Russia’s Yandex says data centre in Vladimir shut down after drone attack

What the report says

Russian technology company Yandex said one of its data centres in Vladimir, east of Moscow, was shut down after a drone attack, according to Al Jazeera’s reporting on Sunday. The company said no injuries were reported, emergency crews were at the site, and some of its services were temporarily unavailable while it assessed damage and worked on restoration plans.

Yandex also said operations at the facility were fully suspended and that it was running in emergency mode. In a service alert shared on Telegram, the company warned users that technical support and some systems could be disrupted because the remaining setup was considered unstable. Al Jazeera reported that this was the third attack on Yandex data centres in one week.

The outlet said the strike comes amid a broader escalation in attacks on technology infrastructure by Russia and Ukraine. Yandex, which is deeply involved in Russia’s AI development and is often compared to Google, had already reported damage to a data centre in the Kaluga region on Friday and a separate shutdown at its Sasovo hub a day earlier. Al Jazeera also noted that Russia has recently targeted Ukrainian data centres and telecommunications sites, suggesting both sides are increasingly trying to disrupt digital services and connectivity.