{"id":1667639,"date":"2026-03-05T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667639"},"modified":"2026-03-05T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:00:00","slug":"data-center-hunter-iran-expands-drone-target-list-from-aws-to-microsoft-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/data-center-hunter-iran-expands-drone-target-list-from-aws-to-microsoft-facilities\/1667639\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Center Hunter: Iran Expands Drone Target List, From AWS To Microsoft Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data Center Hunter: Iran Expands Drone Target List, From AWS To Microsoft Facilities<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iranian state-affiliated media says the IRGC has targeted Microsoft data centers in the Gulf region with kamikaze drones<\/strong>, days after IRGC drone strikes hit Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates. This underscores a new escalation: commercial data centers no longer appear to be off-limits, a risk we warned readers a little more than a month ago.<\/p>\n

“The targeting of Amazon and Microsoft in these operations has dealt a serious blow to the enemy’s technological and information infrastructure,” Fars News Agency said in a Telegram post, as quoted by the Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, two AWS data centers in the UAE were hit by IRGC drones, while an AWS facility in Bahrain was nearly struck by one of these next-generation, low-cost kamikaze drones. These incidents marked the first known instance<\/a> of a commercial data center being physically targeted in a conflict.<\/p>\n

We pointed out in the note titled\u00a0“Explosion In AI Data Center Buildouts Will Demand Next-Gen Counter-Drone Security”<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>that Wall Street analysts largely end their analysis at the financing and construction of next-generation data centers, with limited discussion regarding the modern security architecture required once these facilities are built and become instant high-value targets for non-state actors or foreign adversaries. Traditional perimeter measures, such as metal chain-link fencing and surveillance systems, are rendered useless in the world of emerging AI threats, including autonomous drone or swarm-based attacks enabled by advances in AI and low-cost unmanned systems.<\/p>\n

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Related:<\/p>\n

Drone Strikes On Amazon Data Centers In Middle East Reveal Urgent Need To Defend AI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Airports, Data Centers, Skyscrapers, & Power Plants: Are Desalination Plants Next Targets In U.S.-Iran War<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

“Bomb Data Center”: Eric Schmidt Warns AI Arms Race Could Spark Global Conflict<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

It’s fair to say that this week, data center operators and financiers around the world have gotten the memo: counter-UAS systems will be needed as buildouts worldwide could exceed $3 trillion by the end of 2028. The hyperdevelopment of war technology in Ukraine over the last four years has pulled the 2030s-era war forward, while the modern world has yet to catch up with defensive systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 03\/05\/2026 – 18:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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