Kyiv’s Parkovyi data center shuts down permanently after repeated Russian strikes
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The Parkovyi data center has ceased operations due to Russian shelling. (Photo: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kyiv)
Kyiv’s Parkovyi data center has completely ceased operations after suffering critical damage in a series of Russian strikes, the company said on Oct. 1.
“As a result of a series of Russian strikes, as of Oct. 1, 2026, the Parkovyi data center site in Kyiv has sustained critical damage and completely ceased operations,” the company said.
“Restoring services at this site is impossible. Most importantly, our employees are safe, and our clients’ data has been deployed at backup sites in the EU.”
Parkovyi is one of several Ukrainian data centers damaged in a wave of Russian attacks on the country’s digital and telecommunications infrastructure in late September.
Between Sept. 23 and 28, Russian strikes damaged at least six data centers, including facilities used by MiroHost, Parkovyi, Datagroup, UTELS and Pavutyna. Facilities belonging to telecom operators Kyivstar and Ukrtelecom were also targeted.
The Parkovyi Congress and Exhibition Center in central Kyiv was first damaged during a Russian attack on Sept. 23. After another strike on Sept. 25, its administration announced a temporary suspension of operations. An evacuation carried out before the attack helped prevent casualties.
The site was hit again on Sept. 29, causing further damage.
Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s digital infrastructure in recent weeks. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 26 that Moscow was deliberately striking data centers and communications facilities in an attempt to leave Ukrainians without internet access, communications and digital services.
The Ukrainian government has allocated UAH 518.3 million ($11.6 million) from the state budget reserve fund to strengthen backup information systems for government agencies.
The funding will be used to establish geographically separated backup environments and sites, cloud infrastructure, servers, software, and data backup and recovery systems.
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