A data center in Ukraine has gone offline after suffering “critical damage” in Russian bombing attacks.
The Parkovyi Data Center in Kyiv is no longer functioning as a result of the attacks last month, according to a post on Facebook from the facility’s owners.
“As a result of a series of attacks by the Russian Federation, as of October 1, 2026, the Data Center Parkovyi in Kyiv suffered critical damage and completely stopped working,” the post said. “Restoration of services at this site is impossible.
“The main thing is that our employees are safe, and our customers' data is deployed on backup sites in the EU.”
According to Data Center Map, Parkovyi was Ukraine’s only Uptime-certified Tier III data center, and spanned 2,715 sqm (29,224 sq ft). It is unclear whether the building has been completely destroyed by the bombs.
Russian attacks have targeted data centers and digital infrastructure since the invasion of Ukraine began in 2022.
Earlier this week, DCD reported that Ukrainian mobile carrier Kyivstar's headquarters, and several data centers, had been hit by bombs.
Local media reports have shed more light on disruption caused to Ukrainian digital services by the bombing.
According to Ukrainska Pravda, September 23 saw a data center housing equipment used by Internet service provider UTELS damaged, and the following day, fellow ISPs Domonet, Kievnet, and Faust all reported outages as a result of attacks.
Russia also destroyed a data center belonging to hosting provider MiroHost, which remains offline, and a data center belonging to Datagroup has also been damaged, the report said. It is not known if these data centers are all separate locations, or whether the companies were using shared facilities.
In the wake of the attacks, Ukraine’s government has allocated UAH 518.3 million ($12.5m) from its reserve fund to strengthen backup IT systems used by government agencies, the Pravda report said.
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