Insurance for data centers in Russia has become more expensive after drone attacks

The Russian National Reinsurance Company (RNPK), owned by the Bank of Russia, tightened the insurance terms for data centers starting in October. For policies with an insured amount of 10 billion rubles, the company set a base rate of 1%.

RNPK also defined a list of locations whose facilities are reinsured individually and on separate terms. Because of this, companies are reducing insurance coverage or excluding individual risks from policies, experts say.

As Meduza reports, in the first half of 2026 insurance for such facilities cost 0.03–0.06% of the value of the insured property. Since October, rates have risen to 1–5%, and in some cases this means an increase of more than 100 times.

The publication writes that in October Ukrainian drones attacked the data centers of three Russian companies for the first time — Yandex, Sber, and VK. The same publication noted that earlier Russian forces had attacked data centers in Ukraine.

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• Material: meduza.io