Irans Data Center Drone Strikes Ahead For Big Tech

Iran’s drone strikes on three of Amazon’s Middle East data centers were the first military attacks on U.S. tech giants digital infrastructure — but they likely won,t be the last.

Data centers are becoming priority targets in wartime: critical infrastructure whose destruction can be debilitating to both a country’s economy and military capabilities. 

There are growing concerns among national security analysts that not enough is being done in the U.S. to plan for the likelihood of attacks on Big Tech computing hubs. They say this threat needs to be taken seriously, not just in active conflict zones like the Middle East but also on U.S. soil. 

This is a harbinger of what’s to come, said Sam Winter-Levy, a fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace who is focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence and national security...