--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "ca0593461052231d5fe3537527cf4c02bb93e2daaf9f7cbae872fa948247f0f4" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/ca059346?lang=en" title: "Russia Plans Underground Data Centers to Protect Against Ukrainian Drone Strikes" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-04T23:52:33.000Z" category: "Infra" topics: ["regulation"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/tech/update-russia-plans-underground-data-centers-to-protect-against-ukrainia-c1b3217c","https://huggingnews.com/tech/update-russia-plans-underground-data-centers-to-protect-against-ukrainia-c1b3217c"] summary: "The Kremlin is exploring the construction of subterranean server facilities to protect against Ukrainian drone strikes. This follows Ukrainian drone strikes hitting data centers operated by Yandex and Sberbank. Vladimir Putin decreed that private data center providers must reserve 10% of their total capacity for government use. Russia granted limited permission for companies to use foreign data centers with FSB approval." --- # Russia Plans Underground Data Centers to Protect Against Ukrainian Drone Strikes > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-04T23:52:33.000Z **Category:** Infra **Topics:** regulation ## Summary The Kremlin is exploring the construction of subterranean server facilities to protect against Ukrainian drone strikes\. This follows Ukrainian drone strikes hitting data centers operated by Yandex and Sberbank\. Vladimir Putin decreed that private data center providers must reserve 10% of their total capacity for government use\. Russia granted limited permission for companies to use foreign data centers with FSB approval\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()