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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 United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Iran were hit across the Persian Gulf.
As military operations increasingly rely on artificial intelligence, how long will it take adversaries to target them? What kind of attack, including in the United States, is likely?
Data centers are central to many people’s everyday digital lives and their online needs. As the line between military and civilian AI infrastructure further blurs, how vulnerable are they?