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731 Big Tech is Moving Data Through the Gulf Using Fiber-Optic Cables Alongside Iraq's Oil Pipelines

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 05/10/2026 17:39 EDT

Big Tech is Moving Data Through the Gulf Using Fiber-Optic Cables Alongside Iraq's Oil Pipelines

Major American cloud companies with data centers in the Persian Gulf "are channeling data out of the war zone through fiber-optic cables that an Iraqi telecom has strung alongside crude-oil pipelines," reports RestofWorld.org:

The data centers serve customers in more than 190 countries, processing transactions, storing files, and running applications for businesses and individuals from Latin America to South Asia. When Iranian drones struck Amazon's facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on Mar

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