How Iran war is highlighting data center vulnerabilities | DW News

A new chapter of warfare is opening. The US-Israel war against Iran has included strikes from both sides against an increasingly important target: commercial data centers. Facilities in the UAE, Bahrain and Iran were hit across the Persian Gulf As military operations increasingly rely on AI, how long will it take adversaries to target them? What kind of attack, including in the US, is likely? They're already central to many people's everyday digital lives and their online needs. As the line between military and civilian AI infrastructure gets more blurred, how vulnerable are they?

Chapters 00:00 Data Centers targeted in Iran war 01:24 Military operations and data centers 02:46 Increasingly important, tech targets? 03:19 UAE's Stargate Project with Open AI, Oracle and Nvidia 03:50 World's most powerful supercomputer 04:42 How to protect data centers 05:03 Trump's executive order on AI data centers and national security 06:00 Risks to data centers in US? 07:31 Who can use anti-drone technology? 08:00 Data center protection in UK and Israel

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