Russia's internet giant Yandex halts operations at major data center after drone attack

Russian internet giant Yandex has halted operations at one of its major data centers following a drone attack. The attack, which caused a fire, led to a full suspension of operations at the data center located in Russia's Ryazan region.

According to Free Malaysia Today, Yandex confirmed that its core consumer services were unaffected by the attack and that the company was working to restore affected services. The data center is owned by Yandex, Russia's leading AI and technology company, which runs YandexGPT, one of Russia's leading generative AI models.

The incident is part of an ongoing series of attacks on infrastructure, with Ukraine continuing to target Russian sites. While details of the attack are limited, Yandex reported problems with the electricity supply at one data center zone and recommended customers use other zones.

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