Ukraine's Drones Knock Out AI Data Center Belonging to "Russia's Google"
One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex's AI model.
TL;DR
- Ukrainian drones struck two Yandex data centers in Russia on October 8 and 9.
- The attacks are a response to Russian drone strikes targeting Ukrainian data centers.
- One targeted data center housed supercomputers used for training Yandex's AI model.
- Yandex acknowledged service disruptions, though no employees were harmed.
- Multiple Russian services, including media websites, apps, and railway services, were reportedly affected.
- Targeting data centers has become a wartime tactic, with examples in conflicts involving Iran, the US, and Israel.