Iranian drone strikes on Amazon data centers highlight tech’s exposure
- Report of Iranian drone strikes that disrupted Amazon Web Services regions, highlighting physical vulnerability of cloud infrastructure in the Middle East.
- Immediate risk to regional cloud availability and backup/redundancy plans used by enterprises and government agencies.
- Implications for Saudi cloud sovereignty, emergency continuity planning, and accelerated demand for local data centres and on‑premise AI compute.
The Detroit News · 2026-03-05
Infobip Opens New Saudi Arabia Data Centre to Support AI and Digital Sovereignty
- Infobip announced a new Saudi data centre aimed at enterprise and public‑sector customers seeking compliant, sovereign AI compute and storage.
- Positioned to support local AI workloads and reduce cross‑border data exposure; may attract government and regulated industries.
- Operational implications: potential vendor for MCIT and other ministries evaluating sovereign compute capacity and latency improvements.
TechAfrica News · 2026-03-05
The targeting chain: how the IRGC exploits MTN‑Irancell’s Gulf telecom connections to guide its missiles
- Investigation alleges MTN‑Irancell roaming agreements, submarine cable links and SS7 signalling are being exploited to support targeting operations.
- Raises urgent telecom security questions for Gulf operators with roaming or interconnect ties to Iranian networks.
- Action items for regulators include auditing roaming partners, SS7/SS7‑like signalling controls, and immediate risk mitigation for critical infrastructure.
National Security News · 2026-03-05