Data Centers Confront Rising Cyber and Physical Security Threats

Data centers are multiplying, pledging to create jobs as they power the biggest platforms using artificial intelligence. But ...
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Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry's vulnerability to physical disasters

LONDON (AP) — Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's ...
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Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare

Before dawn on March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates. A third commercial data center in Bahrain was hit, though it is less clear ...

Amazon lost $150 million when drones hit its gulf-state data centers amid the Iran war — and insurance won’t cover it. What this means for your money

As cloud infrastructure becomes critical to everyday life, tensions as far away as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates could ...
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Iran’s attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain signal a new kind of war as AI plays an increasingly strategic role, analysts say

The tech industry often talks about “the cloud” as though it were something abstract and untouchable. But the cloud runs on data centers, those data centers have an address, and that address can be ...
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Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry's vulnerability to physical disasters

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a ...