Ukrainian drones hit Russia's biggest data centre
The attack followed earlier strikes on Yandex data centers, as Sberbank said its systems stayed online and no employees were injured.
- On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones struck a major Sberbank data center in Balakovo, Saratov region. Ukrainian defense manufacturer Fire Point confirmed the operation, with OSINT monitoring group Exilenova reporting explosions beginning at approximately 4 a.m.
- This strike follows three similar drone attacks on Yandex data centers in Ryazan and Vladimir over the past week, establishing a clear pattern of Ukrainian operations targeting Russian digital infrastructure.
- The targeted complex, valued at more than $1 billion, is part of a major data center project. Reports indicate the attack also struck a nearby transport terminal and the industrial zone of the MZ Balakovo steel plant.
- Sberbank First Deputy CEO Alexander Vedyakhin claimed "all of Sberbank's systems and services are operating normally," yet reports indicated more than 80 services were affected. Saratov Governor Roman Busargin confirmed one person was killed.
- Designed to host approximately 3,000 server racks and up to 120,000 servers, the facility supports Russia's state-backed GosTech platform and is scheduled to host Russia's biggest supercomputer by 2027.
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Drones have struck Russia's most powerful data center, owned by the country's largest bank and technology company Sberbank, Reuters news agency and the Ukrainian portal Ukrainska Pravda reported.
A drone attack damaged a data center belonging to Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, the company announced. This is the latest in a series of attacks on similar facilities in Russia and Ukraine.
After Yandex, the Russian Internet giant, a giant data center of the Sberbank bank was targeted. The post New Ukrainian attacks on Russian technology companies – Drones hit the largest data center appeared first on in.gr.
Ukrainian drones have attacked the largest data processing center in Russia, owned by Sberbank. The site is located near the city of Balakovo in the Saratov region, on the banks of the Volga, and the attack did not lead to disruption of the operation of banking and technology systems, Reuters reported. “We confirm that the data processing center was attacked. At the same time, all systems and services of Sberbank function normally and without in…
"All of Sberbank's systems and services operate normally, without any failure", the bank assured.
The Ukrainian drones struck Russia's largest data center, owned by Sberbank, Russia's largest bank and technology company, but did not disrupt its functioning, a senior company official said.
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