Iranian Data Center Rack Armor

Datacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first time

Iran is bombing datacenters in the Persian Gulf to blow up symbols of the Gulf states'' technological alliance with the United States.

Amazon says 3 data centers were damaged by drone

Amazon AWS data centers in UAE and Bahrain hit by drone strikes amid US-Iran tensions, causing power and infrastructure disruptions.

Iranian Data Strikes Shake Global Digital Infrastructure

By targeting data centres in the Gulf, Iran has created global uncertainty about the resilience, sovereignty and security of digital infrastructures.

Iranian Cyber Threats Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure

Iranian state-aligned hackers and hacktivist groups are escalating cyber operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, supply chains, and OT systems following recent military strikes.

Expert: Middle East attacks on data centers highlight need for

In the widening U.S./Israeli conflict with Iran, data centers, as essential part of modern infrastructure, have become military targets, causing service outages and threatening billions of dollars of investment.

Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data

The announcement comes two months after Iranian drone strikes targeted three Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain—meaning that full recovery from the cloud

Iran war reveals data centers are targeted as ''critical infrastructure''

The Middle East boasts cheap energy and large masses of land, which has brought nearly $300 billion in projected AI investments in the Gulf. But the U.S. and Israeli-led war on Iran is

Data Center Risk 2026: Surviving the US-Iran Conflict

The US-Iran conflict creates a critical geographic dilemma for data center operators, forcing a strategic re-evaluation of site selection that is complicated by growing domestic challenges.

Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight

Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services sites in the Middle East, exposing how vulnerable cloud data centers are in conflict.

Iranian drones strike Amazon sites in Middle East

Iranian drone strikes on Amazon Web Services data centres in the Middle East have disrupted cloud services supporting e-commerce, payments and logistics.

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