Drones hit Yandex data center in first major attack on Russian data hub

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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Skip to ContentYandex is Russia's leading AI and technology company.Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg via GettyShareAdd NBC News to GoogleOct. 8, 2026, 6:04 AM EDT / Source: ReutersBy ReutersDrones hit a major data center in Russia’s Ryazan region owned by ⁠the country’s leading Artificial Intelligence and technology company Yandex, the company said on Thursday.

The company said that its core consumer services were not affected. ‌Yandex runs YandexGPT, one ‌of Russia’s leading generative AI models.

On the website ‌of its Yandex Cloud ​service, the company said there ‌were problems with ⁠the electricity supply at ⁠one data center “zone”, and recommended customers use ‌other zones.