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Reports that Iran hit Amazon, Russia struck Kyiv's data centers and Ukraine struck Yandex have prompted debate over whether such attacks on data centers could trigger Article 51 of the UN Charter.

Physical strikes on cloud and data-center sites raise the geopolitical risk premium on hosting capacity and could prompt operators to revisit site hardening, insurance and siting decisions.
Trade pressSlicast · October 18, 2026 at 13:38 UTC · Middle East · Source: EurAsian Times
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