Google is shutting down some servers in Russia.
Several Russian telecom operators received notification from the company.
The American company Google has notified several Russian providers of the termination of their contracts for servicing Google Global Cache servers, Russian media reports. This likely affects companies sanctioned in connection with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ZN.UA.
Google deploys Global Cache servers to reduce the load on backbone networks and improve user access speeds to its services (including YouTube). These servers store user-requested content for a specified period of time. This allows providers to reduce cross-border traffic volumes and network infrastructure costs.
Two sources in the telecommunications market told RBC about the server shutdown. Dmitry Galushko, head of the law firm Ordercom, also spoke about it.
According to him, several telecom operators received a notification letter, in which the server shutdown was explained by “changes in legal policy.”
Radiosvyaz reported that the servers were shut down on May 19, and the notification arrived a few days later. MIPT Telecom received a similar notification. Google's letter attributed the shutdown to MIPT's inclusion on sanctions lists.
As a reminder, a Russian court seized Google property worth half a billion rubles located in the company's Moscow office, after the video hosting site YouTube shut down one of the channels of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom.
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