Need to dig deeper": The Ministry of Digital Development wants to hide data centers underground.
The authorities want to protect RuNet and banking services from attacks by Ukrainian drones. In the choice between moving abroad and building underground facilities, the Ministry of Digital Development chooses the latter, said the head of the department, Maksot Shadive.
"Obviously we need to dig deeper," he noted.
In October, Ukraine's armed forces attacked the infrastructure of Yandex, VK and Sberbank, after which discussions began on ways to hide data centers. And here is a nuance: there is a critical shortage of free space for new servers in the country - commercial sites in Moscow and the region are already 99% full.
Therefore, private data centers were required to put 10% of their capacity in reserve for critical service needs (due to the refusal of the Ministry of Digital Development to introduce temporary management), and the temporary use of foreign servers was allowed only with the approval of the FSB. In return, by the end of the year, officials promise to come up with support measures for building secure data centers in the regions - including preferential loans and assistance in connecting to power grids.
Are there many people willing to invest in underground construction sites?
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