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Ukraine drones strike Yandex data center, damaging Russian AI supercomputers

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Ukrainian drones targeted a Yandex data center in Sasovo, Russia, causing a significant fire and potential damage to two of the company's supercomputers, Chervonenkis and Lyapunov. These systems, powered by Nvidia A100s, are crucial for training AI models like YandexGPT. The attack also disrupted Yandex Cloud services and numerous other Russian domestic and corporate platforms, highlighting the impact of sanctions on Russia's AI capabilities and potentially forcing reliance on Chinese infrastructure. AI

IMPACT Disrupts Russia's AI development capabilities and highlights the vulnerability of its digital infrastructure.

RANK_REASON Attack on critical AI infrastructure by a state actor. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Ukraine drones strike Yandex data center, damaging Russian AI supercomputers

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Anton Shilov ·

    Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Yandex data centers housing two top supercomputers

    No more AI training in Russia? Destiny of two Nvidia-powered Russian supercomputers is unknown as drones hit Yandex data center in Sasovo.

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