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Datacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first time (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 76 points 7 months ago (6 children)

It's also pretty important infrastructure. Even before AI, one of the major providers datacentres going down would take out a solid chunk of modern internet.

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  • [–] 71 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Nothing would make billionaires change their tune about buddying up to this authoritarian regime faster than his actions leading to loss of profits

    Imagine if Iran took out crucial infrastructure for AWS

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Not even terrorism would get companies off of us-east-1 or building availability zone redundant apps

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