{"id":36600,"date":"2026-11-10T18:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=36600"},"modified":"2026-11-10T18:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:31:34","slug":"russia-data-centers-abroad-drone-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/science-tech\/russia-data-centers-abroad-drone-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian companies are looking for data centres abroad following drone attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian companies have begun to look more actively for backup data centres abroad following the October drone attacks on the Russian Federation\u2019s server infrastructure. Some companies have already begun transferring certain data and services, with Kazakhstan emerging as one of the main destinations. This was reported on 10 November 2026 by The Moscow Times, citing the Russian newspaper Kommersant and representatives of the IT sector.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\"><strong>Key points at a glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Following the drone attacks, Russian companies have begun to look more actively for backup data centres abroad.<\/li>\n<li>Kazakhstan and Belarus are cited as the main locations for the deployment of reserve capacity.<\/li>\n<li>According to market participants, cloud resources within Russia are utilised at nearly 90 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>In October, data centres in six regions of the Russian Federation came under attack, according to The Moscow Times.<\/li>\n<li>Businesses generally plan to back up their data and services, rather than migrate their IT infrastructure in its entirety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Why are Russian businesses looking for data centres abroad?<\/h2>\n<p>Vice-President for Cloud Services at ITGlobal <strong>Yevhen Sviderskyi<\/strong> He told *Kommersant* that demand for capacity at overseas data centres had risen significantly over the past month. Two further sources cited by the publication confirmed that some Russian companies had already begun relocating part of their digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason was the risk of servers shutting down following drone attacks. Companies are looking for independent backup sites that can continue to operate even if the main data centre is damaged or there are power cuts.<\/p>\n<p>A further problem remains the shortage of capacity <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/science-tech\/max-mesendzher-stezhennia-rosiia\/\">within Russia<\/a>. According to market participants, around 90 per cent of available cloud resources are already in use, so it is becoming increasingly difficult to find space for backup servers at short notice.<\/p>\n<p>Business Architect for Artificial Intelligence Projects within the \u00abAvandok\u00bb Ecosystem\u00bb <strong>Oleksiy Borshchov<\/strong> said that the companies are considering several sites simultaneously \u2014 in Russia, Kazakhstan and <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/navchannia-nato-latviia-resolute-reforger-2026\/\">Belarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, there is no large-scale relocation of the entire infrastructure abroad. Most often, this involves creating data backups or replicating critical services that must remain accessible in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 27px;\">Drone attacks have damaged data centres in six regions of Russia<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to The Moscow Times, in October 2026, data centres linked to Yandex, VK, Sberbank and the Russian Federal Tax Service were targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Attacks on digital infrastructure have been reported in the Vladimir, Kaluga, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan and Saratov regions.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences of the attacks on Yandex\u2019s data centres were particularly noticeable. The company reported that access to 97.16 per cent of Yandex Cloud customer data had been restored. However, 2.84 per cent of the data could not be recovered due to critical damage to equipment and the lack of backups held by the relevant customers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Following the incidents, Yandex decided to enable automatic backups for new virtual machines. The company has also started deploying computing resources at additional sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Kazakhstan and Belarus could become backup sites<\/h2>\n<p>Russian businesses are considering Kazakhstan and Belarus as potential locations for backup servers. However, available capacity abroad is also limited.<\/p>\n<p>According to *Kommersant*, Kazakhtelecom, which controls around 47 per cent of Kazakhstan\u2019s commercial data centre market, has approximately 25 MW of capacity, utilised at 95 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to technical constraints, Russian businesses face legislative requirements. Presidential Decree No. 802 provides for a temporary mechanism for the use of foreign computing capacity, but this requires the approval of a special government sub-committee and the FSB.<\/p>\n<p>The document does not repeal the requirement to store the main databases containing personal data of Russian citizens within the Russian Federation. This limits the possibility of fully relocating the server infrastructure abroad.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As of 10 November, there are reports of growing demand for overseas data centres and the start of the migration of certain systems. However, the exact number of companies involved, the volume of data migrated and the timelines for the launch of backup sites remain unknown.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0435 \u0448\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u0430\u0442\u0430-\u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0436\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0456\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443 \u0456\u043d\u0444\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043a\u0442\u0443\u0440\u0443 \u0420\u0424. 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