# Son of Russian security service general helps run mobile data center supplier amid Ukrainian strikes, BBC reports

https://mins.news/en/item/96972

- Meduza, 2026-10-12 19:23 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/12/son-of-a-russian-federal-security-service-general-helps-run-a-company-selling-mobile-data-centers-amid-ukrainian-drone-strikes-bbc-reports

> The BBC Russian Service reports that demand for mobile data centers in Russia has risen as Ukraine attacks data center facilities. One supplier is Yadro, part of X Holding, whose deputy CEO Boris Korolev is the son of FSB First Deputy Director Sergey Korolev. Ukraine struck three Yandex data centers from October 8 to 11, disrupting Yandex and other companies’ services.

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