Security News > 2022 > May > Google shut down caching servers at two Russian ISPs
Two Russian internet service providers have received notices from Google that the global caching servers on their network have been disabled.
A caching server is an ISP-bound node for fast serving Google content faster to internet subscribers and maintain high access reliability even during outages.
The two ISPs confirmed as impacted had their caching servers shut down on May 19, 2022, but received Google's notification only a few days after that date.
In the notice, Google states the reason for turning off the caching servers was changes in legal practices, pointing to the inclusion of firms and key persons on sanctions lists.
It is worth noting that Google's subsidiary in Russia initiated bankruptcy procedures right before the first caching servers in the country were shut down.
Google's local subsidiary was not involved in the provision of caching services in Russia, as these are part of Google's global operations, so the two issues are not connected, at least at a technical level.