
The work of data centers in Sasovo and Kaluga was disrupted due to drone attacks
AI-generated summary
Previously, there were UAV attacks on Yandex data centers in Sasovo and Kaluga, which led to the shutdown of one of them and damage to the infrastructure of the other.
The Alice neural network from Yandex works intermittently, some functions are unavailable, the company reported on Alice’s Telegram channel.
The day before, the Yandex data processing center in the city of Sasovo, Ryazan region, was damaged as a result of a UAV attack, its work was completely stopped. And on Friday, part of the infrastructure of the Yandex data center in Kaluga was damaged in a drone attack.
“While recovery is underway, Alice will not always be able to help you as she would like: in a chat with Alice AI, some functions are temporarily unavailable, and responses from the neural network may take longer than usual to arrive. At the Stations there may be pauses before responding and interruptions in the operation of some functions,” the message says.
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Part of the infrastructure of the Yandex data center in Kaluga was completely disabled after a drone attack. The employees were not injured; the time frame for restoring the equipment has not yet been announced.

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