Russian companies spent $909 million on foreign IT services in the second quarter, 30% more than in the first quarter, - Izvestia, citing Central Bank data. The statistics include the purchase of software and licenses, program development, data processing and storage, and maintenance of IT systems. Supply of servers with graphic accelerators through parallel imports will decrease from thousands of units in 2024 to dozens in 2026. Because of this, businesses are hiring computing power abroad, experts say. Companies gain access to several Western Neural Networks through intermediaries with a 5-30% markup. Only about 9% of organizations in Russia get infrastructure for AI. Russian Federation Telegram | maximum | strain |.