… Much will depend on how American tech companies respond to the attacks, and whether Gulf governments begin to prioritize resilience and diversification over long-standing alliances. “The war with Iran and the Iranian attacks on data infrastructure in the Gulf have highlighted that data centers are … …
… Iran said it attacked the AWS data centers because they supported the “enemy’s military and intelligence activities.” AWS did not respond to a question from Rest of World on whether its Gulf facilities processed such data. …
… Drones struck three AWS data centers over the weekend, two in the UAE and one in Bahrain. AWS told customers to consider migrating workloads out of the Middle East entirely, warning that the regional operating environment “remains unpredictable.” The cables themselves are not the immediate target. …
… Several major data center projects in the UAE are already reportedly under review. …