The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, Oct. 16, edition that the war between Russia and Ukraine is impacting datacentres, with both sides increasing attacks on infrastructure vital for Web services and artificial intelligence systems. A New York Times dispatch to The Globe reports that the Russian military targeted a datacentre in Kyiv and other telecom sites, while Ukraine damaged three major datacentres operated by Yandex and one run by Sberbank. Yandex is often referred to as Russia's Google. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that the targeting of Yandex was "responding to Russia's operation against our datacentres." Russia is more vulnerable to datacentre warfare than Ukraine is, says a tech expert. Ukraine's attacks resulted in some of the largest Internet-service disruptions in Russian history. Yandex operates at least six large datacentres, which also house its three artificial intelligence supercomputers. Mr. Zelensky has suggested that Ukraine's strikes on Yandex's infrastructure also took out "bots" used by Russia to sow discord and spread misinformation on social networks around the world. He said: "A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division and fewer provocations."