{
  "id": 17880972,
  "title": "Russia wants to camouflage its data centers to stop them being bombed — and it might even move them underground for protection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/russia-wants-to-camouflage-its-data-centers-to-stop-them-being-bombed",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T00:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/russia-wants-to-camouflage-its-data-centers-to-stop-them-being-bombed-and-it-might-even-move-them-underground-for-protection"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian officials are considering new defensive measures to protect their data centers from potential drone strikes by Ukraine. The Digital Development Ministry has proposed a list of countermeasures, including anti-drone nets, signal jamming hardware, and even camouflage. The most drastic option being considered is moving data facilities underground for additional protection. This comes after Ukraine has targeted several Russian data centers in recent months, with five data centers struck in October alone. The largest facility attacked was owned by Sberbank, and others were targeted by Yandex. Russian experts warn that a data center outage could result in up to an 87% loss of value and months of downtime. While the additional safety measures could increase costs by around 10%, senior investment director Roman Chustuzian from KAMA FLOW believes that the cost of shelters, grids, sensors and duplicate connections is still worth it to avoid such significant setbacks.",
  "summary": "Data centers in Russia are being camouflaged, protexted with anti-drone nets, and adopting greater protection for infrastructure.",
  "key_points": [
    "Russian officials consider data center camouflage and underground relocation for protection.",
    "Ukraine has targeted Russian data centers multiple times, with five strikes in October.",
    "Experts warn an outage could result in an 87% loss of value and months of downtime."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Prioritizing physical fortification and underground relocation signals a shift toward treating digital infrastructure as high-risk military targets that require costly defensive measures to prevent catastrophic economic losses.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}