The UAE is redrawing its AI campus to survive a missile strike.
Reuters reported on Friday that the United Arab Emirates is rebuilding its plan for a giant AI campus. Officials are weighing blast-resistant concrete, missile interceptors, jamming gear and sites dug into mountains. Iranian attacks damaged two Amazon data centres there in March, and Iran later named the campus a target.
Why it mattersData centres used to be dull warehouses chosen for cheap power and cool air. Once they become war targets, where your AI runs turns into a defence question.
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