Data centers are war infrastructure now
For the industry to keep claiming civilian status, it needs to face core decisions on workload segregation
Long Reads - Security & Risk (EN)
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Data mining
Going underground at Norway's Lefdal Mine data center
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Inside the data center built to withstand a nuclear blast
Cyberfort takes digital sovereignty underground
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From the mushroom cloud to cloud computing - the allure of extreme data storage
Bunkers around the world are being repurposed as data centers, but do they offer additional security?
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The coming storm for satellites
Space weather could present an existential threat to the satellite industry unless its impact can be better understood
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The big fightback
Regular attacks against telecoms infrastructure have got network operators fed up
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Who pays when a multi-billion-dollar data center goes down?
Data center insurance struggles to keep pace with AI boom
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Securing the AI data center
AI systems are a prime target for hackers, meaning the data centers they’re housed in must be extra vigilant
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Operating in the light, and in the dark (net)
The infrastructure behind the issue of child sexual abuse content on the Internet, and tackling it
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The quest for space sovereignty
Many governments are looking for their own, secure, orbital infrastructure. This may not be a realistic goal
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Handling a nation’s confidential data
GCHQ loves its secrets. It also loves reading yours
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How liquid cooling impacts uptime thinking
A dive into the murky waters of resilience and redundancy of liquid cooling
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The leak busters
In the age of liquid cooling, data center operators can ill-afford to make leak detection systems an after-thought
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NIMBY lessons for data centers from renewable developers
How renewable developers are coping with local opposition to energy projects
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Just how safe are digital voting machines?
With the US presidential election too close to call, conspiracy theories about electronic election infrastructure abound
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Paying the premium: Why 2023 was a bad year for space insurance
Last year was the worst ever in the space insurance market – could satellite innovation be stifled as a result?
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Running to the storm: How Verizon prepares for natural disasters
While most run away from storms, network operators have no such option, their networks are critical infrastructure for those in desperate need of help
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Criticality and redundancy in the data center
How data centers keep running when there is a failure in the power train
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Houthi crisis in Red Sea spurs interest in alternative fiber routes
Eyes have long been focused on deploying fiber cable routes to avoid Egypt, but now attentions are turning to bypassing Yemen, too
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The Houthis and the Red Sea: A new risk to subsea cables
Intentional or otherwise, terrorists are now a threat to global connectivity
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The OVHcloud fire still smolders
Three years after an OVHcloud data center burned to the ground, more questions than answers about the incident remain
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Looking good, feeling safe – data center security by design
Balancing security and aesthetics in data center design
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Staffing levels: are data centers at risk of unnecessary outages?
A dive into Microsoft's August Sydney West outage
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Rebuilding Ukraine’s telecoms infrastructure amid war
Plans to modernize the country’s networks have been delayed, but 5G could be on its way
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Edge data center security: The challenge of unmanned resiliency
How security might need to change for ‘lights out’ Edge facilities
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Space comes for fiber: Can satellites offer data centers a new resiliency option?
SES pitches its new mPower fleet as a viable alternative to fiber for telcos and data center operators
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The Hybrid IT rebuild
In the wake of a ransomware disaster, and during the Covid pandemic, Travelex rebuilt its IT infrastructure for resiliency
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Taking down the infrastructure of cybercrime
Data centers raids are rare, but cybercriminals love hijacking legit cloud instances