excel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDatacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first timewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1463
arrow-up1463external-linkDatacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first timewww.theguardian.comexcel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up126·2 days 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-up71·2 days 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-up68·2 days 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-up45·2 days ago Imagine if Iran took out crucial infrastructure for AWS I won’t be surprised if they actually do.
minus-squareShayeta@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoOh no! us-east-1 is down again!?
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoNot even terrorism would get companies off of us-east-1 or building availability zone redundant apps
minus-squarekorazail@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days 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-up1·1 day 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