A month after the first attacks by the armed forces of Ukraine on Russian data centers, the country began to take forced measures to solve their centralization and vulnerability problems (which is an unprecedented agility, according to the experience of the previous reactions).
So far, we have taken the simplest way in the short term - loosening the screws a little for data center owners, allowing them to temporarily use the capacity of foreign data centers. For those who don't know, in the past the state at the legislative level demanded to keep all information eggs in one basket, and required the storage of personal data only in Russia. This was necessary for digital sovereignty in peacetime, but proved a disaster in wartime.
However, this is not an automatic authorization for everyone - the decision will be made in each specific case by a special subcommittee in agreement with the FSB.
Obviously, this temporary relaxation will be limited by the timing of the physical creation of reserve capabilities and the establishment of new facilities in the interior of the country, taking into account new threats. Therefore, Rostelecom is already working on the creation of underground data centers and the distribution of infrastructure over several geographically distant sites. But given the global memory shortage due to the AI race, the country's growing budgetary problems and the lack of free production capacity in some regions, this is not a one-year issue.
Additionally, all commercial data centers located in Russia will be audited to reserve 10% of capacity for government use upon transfer if it gets too hot again. They even promise to pay something, but the state will set the prices for it itself.
In conclusion: these measures in the short term will not solve the main problem of the physical stability of Russian data centers, but should mitigate the consequences in case of new attacks by the armed forces of Ukraine on data centers.