… Last year, Google said its site used far less water than the previous year, “or roughly the amount consumed by a golf course.” While he awaits the government’s response, Vallejos has two objectives: no more data centers in Santiago, and “appropriate environmental compensation from the companies wit… …
… Their size makes them easy targets, so firms may pick resilience over the efficiency that hyperscalers offer, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, a professor of internet governance and regulation at the University of Oxford, told Rest of World . “It’s very possible that we see a move away from hyperscalers … …
… Kareem Arshad, an independent financial adviser in the UAE, was trying to transfer money that day through Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, when its mobile app stopped working. “It was stressful, frustrating, and time-consuming because I went to an exchange center to transfer,” he told Rest of World . “I … …
… On March 1, Iranian drones struck three Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the first confirmed military attack on a hyperscale cloud provider. The strikes disrupted services across banks, fintech platforms, and ride-hailing apps in the Gulf. …
… The Gulf has long sold itself as a stable and safe region for data centers. How will tech companies think about securing data centers and undersea cables if they are military targets? …
… Amazon’s UAE region lost two of its three availability zones when multiple data centers went down simultaneously — a scenario its redundancy architecture was explicitly not designed to handle. Banks, payment platforms, and enterprise software went dark. …
… A significant share of that investment is earmarked for data centers and AI campuses. …
… During our visit to the command center, Mexican officials also said that they share certain data with U.S. agencies, including Customs and Border Protection and the FBI. …
… But “while a landmark verdict, it does set a dangerous precedent by potentially risking an end to end-to-end-encryption and taking children completely off social media, or requiring backdoor data access to user data under the guise of child safety.”
… Land, energy, and water in already resource-strapped countries are increasingly being used for data centers. Unequal dynamics are structuring not only relations between developing and developed nations, but also elsewhere, with India actively exporting software platforms and services. …
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