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Putin demands Russian data centers supply capacity to the state in wake of Ukraine drone attacks — 10% capacity must be available for state IT infrastructure with 24 hours' notice

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Putin demands Russian data centers supply capacity to the state in wake of Ukraine drone attacks — 10% capacity must be available for state IT infrastructure with 24 hours' notice

Owners of non-state data centers in Russia have been told to hold back 10% of their capacity, ready to aid the country's state-owned IT infrastructure should the need arise. That's the message from President Vladimir Putin, with the aim of quickly unlocking additional data center compute capacity in the future if it becomes needed by the state, reports Reuters.

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This comes as Russian data centers have become targets for Ukrainian drone attacks in recent weeks, causing huge amounts of damage and affecting state-owned internet services. In early October, drones struck Russia's largest data center in what was the second such attack in as many days. The huge 63-megawatt facility was so badly damaged that multiple modules had to be removed from service completely. At the time, users reported problems with Yandex Mail, Disk, Documents, Pay, and Market despite Yandex claiming that key services remained up and running. Two weeks later, Russia's finance ministry's data center was damaged after Ukrainian drones targeted the facility. It was reportedly home to Russia's tax databases as well as other state registry data.

Now, Putin has told the Digital Development Ministry to inventory all available data center capacity and floor space at privately owned facilities throughout the country.


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