AI Infrastructure
Vol. 1·Friday, November 6, 2026·No. 151
Who Pays When Drones Hit Data Centers? What Yandex's and AWS's Contracts Say
Drones hit three Yandex data centers in four days in October and AWS facilities in the Gulf in March, and AWS later said it could not restore data hosted exclusively in the damaged Gulf locations. On their face, the contracts leave recovery with the customer, the providers waived bills by choice, and war cover is thin.
Drones hit Yandex's cloud in October and AWS's in March. On their face, contracts leave data recovery to the customer; providers waived some bills by choice.
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