data centers are civilian targets and globally very poorly defended. if this starts to escalate.. you think ram is expensive now..

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tuwtuwtuwtuw 6 hours ago | parent [-]

They are often dual-use targets today.

Example quote from Azure documentation:

> Azure Government is used by the US Department of Defense (DoD) entities to deploy a broad range of workloads and solutions.

Calling such a DC a civilian target is essentialy incorrect now, and has been for years.

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derektank 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lots of civilian government agencies also use Azure for government / AWS GovCloud data centers because they’re FedRAMP compliant. It’s not just the DoD.

	▲	tuwtuwtuwtuw 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, that's why I wrote dual-use.

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bvcp 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

i think you miss interpreted, they are poorly defended because they are civilian, meaning globally data centers are universally undefended from military action. meaning this sort of action can spiral out of control very fast. and would have major global economic adverse effects.

its also important to understand that government isnt non civilian, in this context its non military

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tuwtuwtuwtuw 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Direct attacks on civilian infrastructure can be war crimes. Data centers that host military workloads are not civilian targets.

I didn't misinterpret, you are using incorrect terminology.

	▲	preisschild an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Especially on civilian infrastructure like dams that will kill many civilians if they fail, which russia has done