Geopolitics hits Middle East datacenters and firms’ operations
The IMD Wrap: Wei-Shen examines recent disruptions to AWS datacenters in the Middle East linked to the US-Israel strikes on Iran, and what it means for data and businesses operating in the region.
If I had a dollar for every time US president Donald Trump pulled some crazy sh*t, I’d be on my way to becoming rich. Since he was inaugurated in 2025 for his second term, it seems that all he has achieved is to further fuel disruption, violence, and hate.
His latest move to ignite a war with Iran this past weekend has far-reaching consequences. We could go into all the not-so-hidden meanings behind this war, and what the US hopes to achieve from it, but alas, this is a data column, and that I
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