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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by swiftcoder on Sunday March 01, 2026 @03:41PM (#47210451)
The more interesting question, is how many datacenters are just plonked next to a high-value military target?

For infrastructure reasons, we plonk datacenters down next to airports big enough to fly major hardware into, and near where the big oceanic cables come ashore… and for strategic reasons those are also the perfect places to place military bases

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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by throw475787 on Sunday March 01, 2026 @04:22PM (#47210800)
Is there acrually some meaningful physical separation between military and civilian server deployments?

We seem to be really bad at separating those two. For example Starlink is basically military infrastructure now, used to guide bombs.

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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by jbverschoor on Sunday March 01, 2026 @07:04PM (#47212217)
Arpa net
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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by throawayonthe on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:08AM (#47218940)
i do believe that was decommissioned in the late 80s
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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by cherryteastain on Sunday March 01, 2026 @04:42PM (#47210991)
A datacenter IS a high value military target.
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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by pinkmuffinere on Monday March 02, 2026 @03:42PM (#47223764)
You sound like you know things, and I have questions! What are the chances that we see infrastructure move to less-developed-but-more-stable regions of the world? What even are the candidate locations that wouldn't be an absolute headache to set up? I'm thinking perhaps West Africa? Or South Africa if it can stabilize a bit? Maybe other coastal locations that have good-enough transportation hubs nearby?
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Re:Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE) by swiftcoder on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @03:33AM (#47244704)
AWS spreads a pretty wide net - there are already datacentres in Cape Town, São Paulo, Jakarta... You could certainly deploy your app far enough to dodge any regional instability.

However, proximity to money/power tends to be a factor in business, and the bulk of datacentres cluster around US/EU/MENA/China/Japan

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