Putin demands Russian data centers supply capacity to the state in wake of Ukraine drone attacks

Russia orders commercial data centres to reserve 10% capacity for state use

By GPU Data Hub Desk · GPU Data Hub·Editorial standards·2 Nov 2026, 18:00·Russia

Putin demands Russian data centers supply capacity to the state in wake of Ukraine drone attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered commercial data centre operators across the country to allocate a tenth of their compute resources to domestic state IT systems. The mandate follows a wave of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting critical domestic facilities. The policy forces private operators to divert capacity to support sovereign digital infrastructure.

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