Putin orders Russia's private data centers to hold back 10% of capacity for the state

Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday requiring owners of Russia's non-state data centers to reserve 10% of their capacity "to help keep Russia's IT infrastructure running," Reuters reported. A new government commission can order the reserve released, and operators must provide access within 24 hours. The digital ministry will inventory capacity and floor space nationwide, and the decree allows temporary use of data centers abroad with approval from the FSB, the security service. Ukrainian drones struck facilities run by Yandex and Sberbank in October. SourcesB

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This story ran in the Morning Brief of November 3rd 2026.