This month Ukraine used drones to strike three major data centers belonging to Yandex, Sberbank and VKontakte, causing prolonged disruptions to cloud services, banking, e-commerce and AI chatbots across Russia. Some arbitration courts were forced to cancel or postpone hearings after losing access to their databases. Experts quoted in the article say recovery could take months or even years, and Russia's ambition to lead in AI could be significantly set back. The attacks followed Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers and power infrastructure, while Ukraine's drone raids on Russian refineries have caused a serious fuel crisis. The article notes Yandex had drilled for a scenario in which one of its six data centers was disabled, but was unprepared when three key facilities were hit in turn.
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Original headline: Ukraine tấn công loạt trung tâm dữ liệu, Nga đối mặt nguy cơ tụt hậu trong cuộc đua AI
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