Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"

Ukraine’s drone strikes against Yandex’s data centers show how physical infrastructure can become a direct business continuity risk, disrupting AI training, consumer apps, banking, media, and other digital services at scale. For CIOs, the strategic takeaway is that data center concentration and regional dependence can quickly translate into service outages, revenue loss, and reputational damage, making resilience, geographic diversification, and crisis planning core IT priorities.