Putin Orders Private Data Centers to Reserve 10% of Capacity for State Use

The decree formalizes state priority access to privately operated compute capacity, a structural shift for Russia's digital infrastructure sector. Operators of non-state data centers now face a mandatory capacity set-aside that could constrain commercial availability, while the 24-hour activation clause and FSB-approved foreign fallback signal that resilience concerns are driving policy. The explicit reference to drone strikes on Yandex and Sberbank facilities ties the measure to physical security risks rather than market forces. Whether the inventory process reveals sufficient spare capacity, and how operators absorb the reserved share, is the open question.