Last night, Ukrainian drones finished off the Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia. Just as the Russians were getting their hopes up, claiming that nothing serious had happened and that the Vladimir data center could be repaired, our relentless drones came back to finish the job. Let's be clear: enormous data centers like those operated by Yandex are not particularly difficult targets for drones. First of all, data centers are buildings. Their coordinates are known, and they cannot suddenly pack up and run away. They don't have effective air defenses, and they never will, no matter what Putin promises. Besides, inside those buildings, it was extremely hot and there was a powerful wind. Hot because thousands of computer servers were running 24/7. Windy because those overheating machines had to be cooled somehow, and the Russians chose the simplest solution: installing powerful fans that ran around the clock. What can I say? Somehow they managed to cool things down to around 60°C. :) The result was an inferno, with the ventilation system diligently spreading the flames throughout the premises. Obviously, after such a gigantic bonfire, a data center ceased to exist. The Vladimir facility proved particularly stubborn, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces gave it another dose of fire. But what happened to the hundreds and thousands of businesses that relied on those destroyed data centers? Exactly what you'd expect: back to paperwork, straight into the Stone Age. When a data center stops working, businesses are left processing their information manually. Bring back the cashiers, expand your call centers tenfold, and don't forget the accountants. How are you going to survive without them now? Yandex had only five major data centers. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have permanently shut down three of them. And in this war, three years might as well mean forever. P.S. Ukraine hasn't forgotten about Moscow's airports either. All four were out of operation last night, exactly as they should be.