Iran's state-aligned Tasnim News Agency released a list designating the Middle East offices and cloud infrastructure of major American tech companies (Microsoft, Google, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, Oracle) as military targets, citing their partnerships with Pentagon and Israeli military operations. The threat is tied to escalating regional military conflict with reported attacks on AWS infrastructure in the Gulf region and warnings to civilians near targeted facilities.
Iranian military forces have conducted the first deliberate targeting of commercial datacenters during warfare, striking AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain with drones, causing service outages affecting millions and raising questions about datacenter vulnerability in military conflicts. The article also discusses concurrent issues including AI's role in military operations and lawsuits against AI companies over chatbots allegedly contributing to suicides.