{
  "id": 18022547,
  "title": "Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/ukraines-drone-strikes-spur-hasty-russian-plans-for-underground-data",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T20:39:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica",
    "slug": "ars-technica",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/russia-looks-to-hide-data-centers-underground-as-ukrainian-drones-strike-back/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian tech firms are rapidly moving to secure their data centers underground following Ukrainian drone attacks that damaged AI supercomputers and disrupted cloud services for millions of Russian users. The Kremlin is now mandating data center operators to allocate computing resources for emergency state use, and even allowing potential utilization of foreign data centers. The relentless barrage of Ukrainian drones and missiles against Russian cities has been ongoing for months, with a significant focus on striking Ukrainian data centers since late September. In retaliation, Ukraine has struck military and infrastructure targets across Russia, crippling data centers belonging to Yandex, Sberbank, VKontakte, and the Russian Ministry of Finance. State-owned telecom provider Rostelcom has floated the idea of relocating some Russian data centers underground, in discussions with mining firm Norilsk. Data Center Dynamics has also reported a proposal for constructing data centers within open-pit coal mines, concealing them with green public parks on the surface.",
  "summary": "Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/russian-drone-strike-kills-14-year-old-in-kyiv-region",
        "published": "2026-11-03T13:15:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Melania Trump to meet Ukrainian, Russian representatives at White House this week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/melania-trump-to-meet-ukrainian-russian-representatives-at-white",
        "published": "2026-11-03T17:07:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Russian strikes trigger emergency power outages in several Ukrainian regions, cutting water supply across Kyiv",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/russian-strikes-trigger-emergency-power-outages-in-several-ukrainian",
        "published": "2026-11-03T18:28:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kyiv protest raises suspicions of possible Russian orchestration",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/kyiv-protest-raises-suspicions-of-possible-russian-orchestration",
        "published": "2026-11-03T20:54:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Insider",
        "title": "Sevastopol struggles to provide promised “two hours of power out of eight” as outages hit Crimea following new Ukrainian strikes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/sevastopol-struggles-to-provide-promised-two-hours-of-power-out-of",
        "published": "2026-11-03T21:08:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "One of largest Russian attacks yet on Ukraine’s energy system forces emergency blackouts across regions and leaves Kyiv without water",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/one-of-largest-russian-attacks-yet-on-ukraines-energy-system-forces",
        "published": "2026-11-03T22:25:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Russia strikes Ukrainian energy facilities ahead of Abu Dhabi talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/russia-strikes-ukrainian-energy-facilities-ahead-of-abu-dhabi-talks",
        "published": "2026-11-03T22:43:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}