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Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle and Palantir could become potential targets as tensions in Middle East continue to rise. According to a report by Al Jazeera, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- affiliated Tasnim news agency has issued a list of major offices and infrastructure run by US tech firms with Israeli links whose technology has been used for military applications.
The list, as per the report includes facilities linked to companies such as Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle and Palantir Technologies. “As the scope of the regional war expands to infrastructure war, the scope of Iran’s legitimate targets expands,” the agency report said. The claims were also shared by global capital markets platform The Kobeissi Letter. A post shared by the user on X (formerly Twitter) said:“Iran announces that facilities associated with major US technology companies could become targets next.
They specifically note that Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Oracle, and Palantir are all potential targets across Israel, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi.”
Amazon's datacentre in UAE reported fire
Last week, Amazon's Cloud Unit shut down temporarily after 'Objects Hit' UAE data centre facility. Amazon Web Service (AWS) confirmed that at approximately 4:30 AM PST on March 1, “objects struck” the facility in availability zone mec1-az2, creating sparks and igniting a fire.
The UAE fire department cut power to the building. The zone went dark. In its statement AWS added that other zones remain operational and restoration will take several hours.
AWS Health Dashboard currently shows the services at the Datacenter 'Disrupted'. It said that the following AWS services have been affected by this issue: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon Relational Database Service.The UAE is reeling from Iran's missile and drone strikes following US and Israeli strikes on Iran. The Iranian strikes reportedly hit airports, ports, and residential areas across the country and the wider Gulf.
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