Amazon lost $150 million when drones hit its gulf-state data centers amid the Iran war — and insurance won’t cover it. What this means for your money

As cloud infrastructure becomes critical to everyday life, tensions as far away as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates could ripple into higher costs and weaker protections for consumers.
Connecticut Post

Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dennis Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Before dawn on March ...
DatacenterDynamics

AWS to build high-security data center for Australian government

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building a data center for Australia's government that will handle top-secret information. First reported by Bloomberg, the data center and cloud system will be developed ...
Chicago Tribune

Hobart meeting on data centers brings large crowd, tight security and one arrest

The Hobart Plan Commission delivered unanimous yes votes to two separate site plans, both of which will be operated by Amazon Web Services at 61st Avenue and Colorado Street. The marathon-length Plan ...