excel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDatacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first timewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down17
arrow-up1463arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first timewww.theguardian.comexcel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up130·2 months agoEven without considering the military use of an AI, that’s a lot of expensive and fragile equipment packed into a relatively small building.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·2 months agoIt’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.
minus-squareWammityblam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71·2 months agoNothing 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
minus-squareDFX4509B@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 months ago Imagine if Iran took out crucial infrastructure for AWS I won’t be surprised if they actually do.
minus-squareShayeta@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoOh no! us-east-1 is down again!?
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoNot even terrorism would get companies off of us-east-1 or building availability zone redundant apps
minus-squarekorazail@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoI used to be corporate IT, and this would have ruined my weekend… but my CEO donated to McConnell, Trump and the RNC, so fuck them.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agothat would be considered act of war, not terrorism
Even without considering the military use of an AI, that’s a lot of expensive and fragile equipment packed into a relatively small building.
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.
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
Oh no! us-east-1 is down again!?
Not even terrorism would get companies off of us-east-1 or building availability zone redundant apps
I used to be corporate IT, and this would have ruined my weekend… but my CEO donated to McConnell, Trump and the RNC, so fuck them.
that would be considered act of war, not terrorism