The war that broke out in Ukraine with the invasion of Russia has been going on for three weeks. During this period, many countries offered their financial and moral support to Ukraine, while Russia was exposed to various sanctions by countries and many companies were withdrawn from the country.
Some of the companies that had withdrawn from Russia so far were also cloud providers; but it seems that this is about to turn into a much bigger problem for Russia than previously thought. According to the information received, Russia is facing serious information technology problems after the withdrawal of cloud provider companies from the country.
Russia has only two months of data storage left
After Western cloud services cut off ties with Russia, domestic businesses have launched a Russian cloud service for cloud storage. companies had to turn to. According to Kommersant’s report, Russia only has enough data storage space to last it for two months.
This means that there is currently not enough data service in Russia. However, a lot of storage capacity is needed in Russia due to the “smart city” project, which is currently underway in Russia and includes comprehensive video surveillance and facial recognition systems.
As such, the Russian government is investigating what it can do to solve this problem. In such a case, the government has the option to seize existing data storage of companies leaving the country and lease all existing Russian data storage.
What does the data storage shortage mean for Russia?
So what does data storage shortage mean for Russia? The fact that Russia has no space to hide information brings with it many problems. For example, internet service providers, namely ISPs, may have to be without media streaming services, and the activities of other “junk” online outlets that use storage space may also come to a standstill.
However, the Russian government may have to buy all remaining storage space from processing companies. This simply means that data storage will be tightly controlled by the government and there will be no room for entertainment. This means that, as we mentioned above, the Russian government may seize the remaining storage space from foreign companies leaving the country.
Moreover, Russia may have to turn to China. Although there has been no explanation from China for now whether it will help Russia or not, considering that technology giants such as Huawei are subject to many US sanctions, China can use this opportunity to fill the gap and close the gap.
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