Chris Miller: data centres need protection from drone warfare (opens the source in a new tab)
- Miller notes Ukraine has damaged a Yandex data centre in Russia, while Iran has hit facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, including ones run by US cloud firms.
- Attacks are rising because military and civilian sites blur, campuses are growing costlier and a cheap drone can cause huge disruption.
- The UAE is reworking its plans into a network of smaller sites, and designs may add blast-resistant concrete, jamming gear and missile defence.
Why it matters AI’s physical footprint is now a target, which raises the cost and risk for anyone planning sovereign AI.
Other side Hardened, dispersed and underground sites may blunt the threat. The real question is how much they add to the cost, not whether building continues.