'Russian Google' closes data center after drone attack; This is the 3rd case in a few days

According to the company, no one was injured, but some of its services are unavailable to users.

This is the company's third large data center to be out of operation in recent days.

On Friday (9), Yandex reported that another of its data centers, located in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, had been hit by Ukrainian drones. The attack partially damaged the facilities and compromised their operation.

A day earlier, a Ukrainian attack had paralyzed the company's data center in Sasovo, southeast of Moscow. The location houses two of the three supercomputers used in the development of the company's artificial intelligence model.

Yandex is one of the main Russian technology companies and has an important role in the development of artificial intelligence in the country. Due to its work in digital services, such as internet searches, it is often called the “Google of Russia”.

Data centers are facilities that house servers and other equipment responsible for storing and processing information and keeping digital services running.