Drones Strike Amazon Data Centers as War Targets Cloud Infrastructure
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Amid the US-Iran conflict, drones damaged three Amazon AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, with IRGC claiming responsibility for striking one site; outages spurred disaster-recovery efforts, while Microsoft said there was no regional attack impact and Google reported no outages. The incidents highlight how data centers have become critical, vulnerable infrastructure in modern warfare as regional AI expansion continues.
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