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‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower
The Guardian Tech·15 days ago

Iran conducted what appears to be the first deliberate military strike on a commercial datacenter, targeting AWS infrastructure in the UAE with a drone attack. This represents a dangerous escalation where AI and cloud infrastructure becomes a military target, potentially disrupting global AI services and raising questions about the vulnerability of centralized AI systems during geopolitical conflicts.
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