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Yandex Sasovo data centre (Sasta industrial complex)

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Ryazan Oblast, Russia · RU · Yandex

HaltedExplicit AI InfrastructurePartially Verified

Environment

Water Stress
lowB

WRI Aqueduct 4.0 (2023), province baseline water stress: Low (<10%), 2023

Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
450 gCO₂/kWhC

Ember Yearly Electricity Data, national power sector CO2 intensity, Russia 2025, 2025

Grid RegionUnified Energy System of the Centre
Drought Risk
Not DisclosedND

Facility

CompanyYandex
CategoryExplicit AI Infrastructure
StatusHalted
Year Opened2014
Capacity
Not DisclosedND

Not disclosed.

Location
54.3400, 41.9200 · RU
Campus AreaCoordinates are the centre of Sasovo (OpenStreetMap), not the exact campus location.
RegionRyazan Oblast, Russia
Research statusPartially Verified

Evidence (2 sources)

Яндекс сообщил о повреждении второго дата-центра после атаки беспилотникаMed trust
Journalism2026-10-09The Moscow Times (Russian edition)

Confirms the 8 Oct 2026 drone-related fire and full stoppage at Sasovo, and Yandex's statement that restoration could not be confirmed.

Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast: damaged by a fire after a drone attack on 8 October; in the evening the company said it could not confirm that the equipment could be restored. The two supercomputers used to train YandexGPT were housed there.
Яндекс пока не знает, когда восстановит 2 из 5 своих дата-центровMed trust
Journalism2026-10-12Shazoo

Yandex could not confirm restoration at Sasovo as of 12 Oct 2026; Sasovo opened in 2014; Sasovo and Kaluga are two of Yandex's five main sites.

"Пока мы не можем подтвердить возможность восстановления оборудования дата-центра в Сасово" (We cannot yet confirm the possibility of restoring the equipment of the Sasovo data centre). Sasovo opened in 2014.

Researcher Notes

Operations halted after a drone strike and fire on the night of 8 October 2026. On 12 October Yandex said it could not yet confirm that the equipment could be restored and gave no timeline (The Moscow Times, shazoo.ru). The site housed the two supercomputers Yandex used to train YandexGPT. Opened 2014.

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