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Ukrainian drones hit Sberbank data center in Russia
Ukrainian drones struck a Sberbank data center overnight on October 14 in Balakovo, in Russia’s Saratov region.
The facility is still under construction and is planned to host a major supercomputer.
Sberbank said its systems and services kept working, and that no employees were injured.
Saratov’s governor said one person was killed and homes were damaged in the strikes.
The attack followed Ukrainian drone strikes on data centers owned by Russian technology company Yandex the previous week.
Ukraine has said it is responding to Russian attacks on its own data sites, and the strikes matter because Sberbank is a leading Russian developer of artificial intelligence.
It is not clear whether any supercomputer equipment was damaged in the attack.
Ukrainian drones attacked a Sberbank data centre under construction in Balakovo, in Russia’s Saratov region, overnight on October 14.
One person was killed and several homes were damaged in the drone strikes, according to the regional governor.
Sberbank said its systems and services continued to operate normally and that no employees were injured.
The attack followed three recent strikes on data centres owned by Russian technology company Yandex.
Reports identified a metallurgical plant as another possible target, but its damage was not confirmed.
- Who
- Ukrainian drones targeted the Sberbank data centre.
- What
- The attack hit a data centre under construction. One person was killed and several homes were damaged in the strikes.
- When
- Overnight on October 14, 2026.
- Where
- Balakovo, in Russia’s Saratov region.
- Why
- Ukraine says it is responding to Russian attacks on its own data sites.
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Sberbank began construction of the Balakovo data centre.
Yandex data centres were hit in three attacks, according to the Straits Times.
Drones attacked Balakovo; the regional governor reported one death and damage to several homes.
Sberbank said its systems and services were operating normally and no employees were injured.
- Location
- Balakovo, Saratov region, Russia
- Facility
- Sberbank data centre under construction
- Planned area
- 55,000 square metres
- Expected completion
- 2030
- Reported death toll
- One person
- Company response
- Sberbank said its systems and services were operating normally
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What people are saying
We confirm that the data processing centre was attacked. At the same time, all of Sberbank's systems and services are operating normally and without disruption
You didn’t think it would stop with just Yandex, did you?