Data Center · Bloomberg · Palantir · Pentagon · Nvidia · Amazon · Axios
Data centers emerge as targets in warfare's AI era
Compiled by KHAO Editorial — aggregated from 1 outlet. See llms.txt for citation guidance.
◌ Single Source
Photo illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios.
Key facts
- Iran struck a handful of data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain following Epic Fury bombardment from the U.S. and Israel
- Follow the money: Tehran's menacing is "highly symbolic and strategic," as it gets at "the heart of the U.S.-Gulf relationship" and where it's been headed, according to Elisa Ewers, a senior fellow
- These centers, fragile and exposed, protected against intruders but not drones and missiles, underpin financial systems, communications and artificial intelligence projects
- What they're saying: "The biggest takeaway is that physical resilience was taken for granted for the longest time, even in the Gulf states," Michael Deng, a geoeconomics technology analyst
Summary
These centers, fragile and exposed, protected against intruders but not drones and missiles, underpin financial systems, communications and artificial intelligence projects. They represent billions of dollars of investment both foreign and domestic, today and tomorrow. Iran struck a handful of data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain following Epic Fury bombardment from the U.S. and Israel. State media later shared a list of "enemy" infrastructure tied to American companies, Amazon, Nvidia and Palantir Technologies among them. Multiple outlets described this kind of retaliation as a first.