Sasta plant and Yandex data center hit in Sasovo
On October 7, 2026, the Sasta machine-tool plant and a Yandex data center were hit in Sasovo, Ryazan Region. Both facilities are located at an industrial site on Pushkin Street, 21.
PAO Sasta manufactures CNC metalworking machines, including five-axis machining centers, turning and milling complexes, and heavy-duty machine tools. The company says it is included in Russia’s consolidated register of defense-industrial organizations.
Sasta equipment is used in Russia’s defense, aerospace, transport and heavy industries. The company has reported supplying specialized machine tools to enterprises affiliated with the Tactical Missiles Corporation and Roscosmos.
The Sasovo data center is operated by Yandex DC LLC. Yandex says its servers host company services as well as external Yandex Cloud customers. The site’s planned power capacity is reported at approximately 12 megawatts; in 2024, Rostekhnadzor said electrical installations rated at 10 megawatts had been authorized for operation at cluster No. 14.
Construction of the Sasovo plant began in 1971, and its first production stage entered service on March 14, 1974. Since 2017, the enterprise has operated under the management of Baltic Industrial Company JSC. According to a public sanctions profile for PAO Sasta, the company is subject to restrictions in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.