Data Centers as Targets: What Happens if the Cloud and AI Infrastructure gets Hit? with Morgan Plummer
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of data centers becoming targets in warfare, particularly in the context of recent attacks on cloud infrastructure.
For decades, wars targeted oil fields, pipelines, ports, and power grids. But in March 2026, that logic appeared to change when Iranian strikes reportedly targeted commercial cloud infrastructure in the Persian Gulf, damaging data center facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and disrupting digital services used by millions. What happens when data centers become wartime targets? How vulnerable is the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the global ...
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Guest: Morgan Plummer
Topics covered
- data centers
- cloud infrastructure
- AI vulnerability
- warfare
- digital services
- cybersecurity
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Places: Iran, Persian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain
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