excel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoDatacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first timewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down14
arrow-up1251arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters are becoming a target in warfare for the first timewww.theguardian.comexcel24@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·10 hours 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-up38·9 hours 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-up31·8 hours 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-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 hours agoNot even terrorism would get companies off of us-east-1 or building availability zone redundant apps
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
Not even terrorism would get companies off of us-east-1 or building availability zone redundant apps