Yandex data center in Sasovo damaged in drone attack
Yandex was unable to name the restoration timeline for its data centers following drone attacks. Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out two of Yandex's data centers: the one in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, completely ceased operations, while the one in Kaluga was partially damaged, the company reported.
Consensus
- The Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast was damaged in an incident on the night of October 7–8.
- The incident involved drones and resulted in a fire at the facility.
- The data center's operations were fully halted.
- No casualties were reported.
- Yandex is assessing the extent of infrastructure damage.
- Yandex has not confirmed the possibility of restoring the equipment in the near term.
- Some Yandex services became inaccessible or experienced disruptions.
Points of divergence
- The attack was carried out by Ukrainian drones, and the fire damaged the roof of the facility. — tg_mash
- The attack was carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (VСU), and two drones were shot down over the region. — vm
- The extent of damage is still unknown and will be determined in several days. — tg_bbcrussian
- The data center has supercomputers named 'Chervonenkis' and 'Lyapunov' located there. — fontanka
- The data center was established in 2014 and occupies former factory premises. — vm
Coverage (16 sources)
- Yandex could not name restoration dates for data centers after drone attacks — The Moscow Times
- Two data centers in two days. "Yandex" admitted it does not yet know when it will restore equipment — Фонтанка
- Yandex struggled to estimate the timeline for restoring data centers in Sasovo and Kaluga — Москва 24
- Yandex: restoring work of data center in Sasovo will not be possible in the near future — РИАМО
- What the strike on Yandex broke in the Russian net, who will get Aushan and Leroy Merlin, more than 50 dead in Kramatorsk and Priluki — The Bell
- Yandex data center in Sasovo damaged by Ukrainian drone attack on Ryazan region. Possibility of its restoration... — Mash
- Yandex analyzes damage to equipment in Sasovo after drone attack — Вести
- Yandex did not confirm the possibility of restoring the attacked data center — Фонтанка
- In Yandex, the extent of damage to the data center in Sasovo is not yet known, said a source to BBC — BBC News Русская служба
- Yandex reports assessment of damage scale after drone attack on data center in Sasovo — Вечерняя Москва
- Yandex cannot yet confirm the possibility of restoring the data center in Sasovo — Интерфакс
- Yandex responds on progress of data center restoration after attacks — Ведомости
- Work of Yandex data center in Sasovo fully stopped due to fire resulting from drone attack Part of services may... — Новости Москвы
- Drone attacked Yandex data center in Ryazan region, it stopped work In the company's data center in Sasovo a fire started... — Бумага
- Yandex data center in Ryazan Sasovo caught fire after drone attack — Коммерсантъ
- Yandex reported on an incident that affected infrastructure in a data center in Sasovo — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Yandex
- Sasovo
- Ryazan Oblast
- Kalugi
- RBC
- Moscow
- CLOUD DATA CENTER
- BBC Tam
- Media
- Russia
- TASS
- The Authorities
- Kramatorsk
- Forbes
- Mikhail Metzel