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Putin orders private data centers in Russia to reserve 10% of their capacity for the state
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Fusion42 · 2 November 2026 · Fusion42 review
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that private data centers in Russia must reserve 10% of their capacity for state use, with a government commission deciding when to activate this reserved capacity. The decree responds to foreign hostility and recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers, and includes provisions allowing the use of foreign data centers with security service approval.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Telecom & Connectivity, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You must prepare for government access demands on your Russian data center capacity within 10 days. State priority use risks reducing your sellable capacity and may force compliance or repurposing decisions rapidly.
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