“Putin says Russian companies can now use foreign data centers following wave of major Ukraine drone strikes”

Key points

• Putin signed an emergency decree permitting temporary use of overseas data centers.
• The move follows Ukrainian drone strikes that impacted Russian data centers.
• 10% of capacity in domestic data centers must be reserved for government use.
• Approval for overseas hosting requires government assessment of domestic compute availability.
• Russia considers subterranean data centers and seeks digital sovereignty amid attacks.