Russian technology group Yandex has confirmed that its supercomputers were undamaged following drone attacks on its data centers and will be relocated to new facilities.
The company announced on its official Telegram channel that its computing power survived the strikes intact. The attacks targeted three separate data facilities across western Russia over the course of October.
The three high-performance machines, named Lyapunov, Galushkin, and Chervonenkis, will be dismantled and moved to fresh production sites. Representatives for the company stated that the hardware will be reconnected to Yandex digital services infrastructure once installation and launch procedures are complete.
Yandex confirmed that the computing capacity will continue to be used to train fundamental language models. These large artificial intelligence systems require vast networks of processors working simultaneously to analyze text, power conversational agents, and support commercial digital services.
Drone strikes damage power grid
Unmanned aerial vehicles have targeted three Yandex data centers since October 7, striking installations in the town of Sasovo in the Ryazan region, as well as sites in Kaluga and Vladimir. Sasovo is located southeast of Moscow, while Kaluga sits to the southwest and Vladimir to the east of the Russian capital.
The latest attack disabled two electrical substations, leaving five thousand residents in the surrounding area without electricity. The incident also caused an outage on Yandex Pro, the mobile application that taxi drivers and couriers rely on to register for shifts and receive delivery orders.
Relocating critical artificial intelligence hardware
Yandex is the largest technology enterprise in Russia, providing search engines, ride-hailing networks, cloud infrastructure, and autonomous systems. Its supercomputers, traditionally named after prominent Soviet and Russian mathematicians, represent some of the most capable computing clusters in the country and form the backbone of its machine-learning research.
Transporting advanced server clusters involves rigorous logistical planning, including delicate hardware disassembly, shock-resistant transport, and thorough diagnostic testing before the systems can be powered back on. Yandex representatives did not state where the new production sites are located or when the machines are scheduled to resume full operation.
