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Amazon’s Middle East data centers damaged by Iran drone and missile attacks will be down for several months during repairs — U.S. and Iran currently observing an uneasy truce, but renewed strikes possible if talks break down

… Although both sites remain partially operational, it seems that Amazon has refrained from billing customers who used these servers and continues to encourage them to move to other regions and avoid further disruption due to the conflict. …

May 3, 2026 · Jowi Morales

Samsung holds desperate final talks with union over 18-day chip factory strike that could cost $20 billion — government-mediated summit seeks to avert industrial action that could hit HBM production

… A separate production-disruption scenario put the potential sales hit from the 18-day walkout at around KRW 4 trillion. …

May 11, 2026 · Luke James

IRGC-linked media outlines plan to tax and control undersea internet cables in the Hormuz Strait — Iran's mouthpiece calls for a cut of $10 trillion of transactions that pulse through the cables daily

…Initial licensing and levy of annual renewal fees for foreign cable owners/operators Insist that tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft, which use the cabling, operate under Iranian law Ensure exclusive…

May 11, 2026 · Mark Tyson

EU considers running undersea cable under the North Pole to link Europe to Asia — Polar Connect aims to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and Russia by 2030

… It aims to have the cable operational by 2030, but working in the challenging conditions of the Arctic will certainly have an impact on this schedule. …

May 13, 2026 · Jowi Morales

AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects

… If you expand the tweet below, the embedded video includes a recording of the sounds emanating from an AI data center. 🦔Residents living near AI data centers are reporting constant low-frequency hum measured as infrasound, sound below the human hearing threshold that causes dizziness, nausea, verti… …

May 10, 2026 · Jowi Morales

The Middle East had everything data center builders and hyperscalers could wish for — then the Iran war happened

… It’s whether customers are comfortable putting critical workloads in a region where geopolitical escalation can suddenly become an operational variable. …

May 8, 2026 · Chris Stokel-Walker

News-analysis Archive | March 2026 | Tom's Hardware

Skip to main content Filter Year Month Go 19 articles March 31 The global helium shortage is a direct threat to the chipmaking supply chain — disruption impacts critical processes, high-capacity HDDs, and alternative supplies are plagued by delays March 30 Analyzing Elon Musk's TeraFab — A step tow… …

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