Yandex shares jumped on news about the safety of supercomputers
All three Yandex supercomputers were not affected by attacks on data centers, the company said. Shares of “Yandex” at the auction of the Moscow Exchange accelerated growth
Yandex (YDEX) shares accelerated growth after reports that all three supercomputers of the technology company were not affected by recent attacks on data centers.
On Monday, October 26, securities at the peak rose to е3490 per share, which is 2.65% higher than the closing of the main session on Friday. This is evidenced by the trading data of the Moscow Exchange at 14:33 MSK. Before the news, papers were growing by about 1%.
Yandex supercomputers were not damaged in attacks on data centers, the company’s press service told RBC. We are talking about computers "Lyapunov", "Galushkin" and "Chervonenkis".
“They have been removed from locations where they have been until now and are now being deployed to new computing sites.” Supercomputers will continue to be used as infrastructure for Yandex services and for teaching fundamental language models.
Earlier in October, drones attacked several Yandex data centers. On the night of October 11, the company’s data center in Vladimir was attacked by drones. Before that, on the night of October 8, after the drone attack, a fire occurred in the data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region. On October 9, drones damaged the Yandex data center in Kaluga.
In the work of Yandex services, some Russian sites and applications were recorded failures. After the strikes, Yandex began rebuilding its infrastructure and agreed with other cloud providers to accelerate the placement of its customers’ data and services.
In Sasovo previously were two of the three supercomputers “Yandex”: “Chervonenkis” and “Lyapunov”. In Vladimir, there was another supercomputer - Galushkin.
Yandex’s revenue for the second quarter of 2026 increased by 16% to -386 billion. In the first half of the year, the indicator amounted to 759 billion, an increase of 19% compared to the same period last year. Adjusted net profit of the IT company in the second quarter of 2026 increased by 56% year-on-year and amounted to -48 billion. IFRS financial results for the third quarter are expected to be published on October 29.
