#ElectricityCut- Russian Giant's data center in Finland loses power, runs on diesel

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The Yandex data center in Finland is disconnected from the power grid. It is reportedly powered by diesel now. 

 According to  Russian news service RBC, Russia's search giant 40 MW plant in Mäntsäl, Finland, has been shut down by  local energy company Nivos Energia Oy. The reason for the split is unclear as Yandex is not currently on the sanctions list, but its news and blogging services, and executives, have been criticized for spreading Russian propaganda. 

 Mäntsälä is the only Yandex data center outside Russia and is used for requests from other countries.

Tangled power network

Yandex is often referred to as the Google equivalent in Russia, is registered in the Netherlands, and has four data centers in Russia and Manzala. In 2021, the company announced plans to expand its cloud business to Germany, but those plans are believed to have been put on hold since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Following criticism of the 

 news and blogging services, Yandex has announced that it will sell them to  Russian social media service VK. This is what was expected when Deputy CEO  Tigran Khudaverdyane was forced to resign in March. Union. Yandex is registered in the Netherlands for tax purposes, so licensed people will not be able to work in the Netherlands. Prior to the 

  weekend, Yandex told RBC that the data center was still online, but was "temporarily" running on diesel generators, and the company renegotiated its contract with Nivos. I said there is. As part of that, 

  Nivos confirmed  a power outage at Yandex, but had no reason to terminate the contract. 

 DCD  contacted both parties and asked for an explanation of the current situation.  The situation can be complicated by the 

 Nivos, a district heating system that has been in operation since at least 2015, using waste heat from the Yandex plant to heat district homes. The Yandex plant was built in 2014 and has two independent  Novo110kVs power feeders.

Nivos hasn't posted any information about data center power outages yet, but back in March, it guaranteed its customers that  heat would continue to flow and sanctioned Yandex only  if  the EU requested it. In the war in Ukraine,  cooperation with Russia's Yandex needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, "said Marko Ahl, president and CEO of Nivy," strongly condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and  war. Our main mission in this exceptional situation is to act responsibly and ensure that  our customers receive heat, clean water and electricity. ”

 households in the region , CO2 Reduction Receives up to 75% of  heat from the district  heating network. The Yandex data center uses local Finnish wind energy. Working with industry has a positive effect, "said 

, which forces local households to burn Russian gas instead. Using waste heat in  district heating networks is the best  ecological heat source possible. "Ahl said  in March. "If the situation so requires, we would have to replace waste heat mainly with Russian natural gas and light fuel oil. At the same time, our carbon neutrality goals would inevitably take a backseat." 

 In early April, Nivos Energia announced it is buying a bioheat center from local firm HansHeat, which uses wood pellets or grain as fuel. It is expected to provide onethird of the energy for the region's district heating system, and could possibly replace the energy from the Yandex data center. "The plant is an important step in our plan to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and energy from Russia," said a Nivos statement at the time. 

 "Russia's invasion of Ukraine has accelerated our work to develop district heating," said the statement. "In the short term, we  prepared to replace  current district heating energy sources  with alternative fuels as needed and  consider working with Russia's Yandex Oy on a case-by-case basis." 

  Yandex plant used diesel for long periods of time. When it is done, the carbon intensity of the heat changes and  the source of the diesel used is unknown. The 

 RBC requires 12,000 liters of diesel fuel per hour at a current price of € 2.175 per liter to operate a 40 MW data center on diesel, with more than € 600,000 ($ 630,000) per day. It is calculated that it will be. DataPro CEO Alexey Soldierov, a Russian data center expert, told RBC that Yandex is  likely to reduce the load on the Finnish facility to 1 MW and move work to the Russian facility.

Update: According to local news, Yandex utility Nivos  said  it was closed due to no energy contract after the previous contract expired at the end of last month. 

 A Russian company  is  currently looking for an alternative energy distributor, in the meantime informing DCD that it is operating its power plant on diesel. 

 DCD  asked both Yandex and Nivos why the contract was not renewed.

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