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Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by detourdog » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

petcat wrote: post #30

tiew9Vii wrote: post #13

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Middle East isn’t some 3rd world. If you can imagine futuristic cities, rich Middle East countries are already living in them with all the oil wealth. They have phones, computers, digital services just like the US and Europe. Makes sense they want a data center in the region, close to them just like the US and Europe have data enters close to their users.

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I don't think you really understand Middle East countries. 94% of Iranians are literate. They are a very sophisticated culture that dates back to pre-history.

They certainly may appear backwards from our western culture but that is only superficial.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Iran

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by marcosdumay » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

petcat wrote: post #32

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #31

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No we're talking specifically about how women are treated and the horrible executions for doing various things that "offend God".

And slavery. And inter-racial interactions.

They are in a very unfortunate position.

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by dlev_pika » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:12 PM UTC

princevegeta89 wrote: post #41

petcat wrote: post #30

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> but it certainly is from a culture and society perspective. Like living in the 12th century except there are also shiny glass skyscrapers. I am surprised looking at this seemingly racist comment. Just because someone doesn't follow your tradition/culture doesn't mean they are living in the 12th century. There are people living everywhere in the world. Dubai is in fact very developed, and there are not just camels l…

Putting aside the cast-based insane wealth inequality and the extremist religious zealotry, I suspect they are referring to the pervasive slave labor culture

https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studie...

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by cypherpunks01 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

laweijfmvo wrote: post #37

So can Amazon file a claim with the Us government for compensation? Does their insurance cover this? Or do they just eat the loss?

US gov is not going to reimburse a private company for war damage caused by a sovereign country.

Property insurance generally has war exclusions, insurance co will deny claims. Unless there is some affordable magic 100% war damage coverage policy sold in the middle east, which is doubtful, no insurer would be able to successfully underwrite anything like that.

The company eats the losses and the recovery efforts it wants to persue.

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by edgarvaldes » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

seany wrote: post #42

VoidWarranty wrote: post #2

Not to be insensitive about the humanitarian and economic situation, but, I am curious why there are data centers in that region at all? It just seems horribly inefficient from a cooling and electricity standpoint. Not to mention water. My pessimistic assumption is that Amazon said "yes" to handouts from regional government efforts to be relevant in tech, and that those data centers dont really matter to anyone but l…

Data governance compliance is a huge issue for some industries. "The days can't leave the country" will drive AWSs normal customers to demand bespoke regions setup and turned on

Yes, I'm surprised no one else has commented on this. Some regulations require that at least some backups be located in the same country or region.

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

Cyph0n wrote: post #46

petcat wrote: post #32

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No we're talking specifically about how women are treated and the horrible executions for doing various things that "offend God".

As opposed to the West’s genocide of millions upon millions of natives across their colonial projects? How about the millions killed as a result (directly or indirectly) of wars of aggression in the global south? Or perhaps the ongoing & unrelenting support by the West of genocide in Gaza? Or are we not allowed to compare these things because of who the perpetrators are? And, in the case of colonial crimes, don’t tel…

The people who voted for Trump are going to tell you how to be civilised. It is peak irony. So many rights are going to be taken over time and there doesn't seem to be self-awareness. Oh well, self-inflicted damage.

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by uluyol » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

VoidWarranty wrote: post #2

Not to be insensitive about the humanitarian and economic situation, but, I am curious why there are data centers in that region at all? It just seems horribly inefficient from a cooling and electricity standpoint. Not to mention water. My pessimistic assumption is that Amazon said "yes" to handouts from regional government efforts to be relevant in tech, and that those data centers dont really matter to anyone but l…

Electricity? It's probably one of the best places in the world to have a solar+battery installation?

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Post by hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

tokioyoyo wrote: post #39

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #35

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Sorry, how are gay couples treated in Japan? People are conservative here, so no marriage, but from all gay couples I know here, they’re doing fine. Now, you can talk about PDA, but that kinda includes the straight couples as well to a point.

"people are conservative". Perfect, not allowing same sex marriage is now "conservative". This is how fickle people are, perfect example.

Edit: Just as a side note, I saw western people bend over backwards to please people when I went to Japan. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy some treatment they get will be positive when you behave in such a way (like a guy bowing 5 times just for getting his photo taken, stuff that would never happen to anyone else) almost embarrassing really.

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Post by cianuro_ » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #31

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Do you see the critiques of other cultures exclusively under the lends of skin color?

Re: Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai

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Post by Barrin92 » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 10:17 PM UTC

bawolff wrote: post #9

I do think there is some irony that the Iran war took down all the AWS datacenters in the middle east except the one (or 3 i guess) in Israel, which is still chugging along. Like as a strategy its kind of weird. Iran plans to force Israel to stop by wrecking the economies of a bunch of countries that are basically frenemies of Israel? I suppose its meant to pressure USA, it just seems like a terrible strategy.

it's a good strategy. There's no point in trying to stop Israel by harming them economically because they know perfectly well that like for them, this war is existential. The Gulf states are financial hubs and tourist destinations disguised as countries and so their wealth is a neuralgic point, the Gulf states and also by extension the US actually respond to having their economies wrecked.