风险之所以更加突出，也与区域扩张的规模有关。根据 DC Byte，波斯湾周边 6 个阿拉伯国家约有 230 座已建成或开发中的资料中心，但由美国科技巨头完全拥有并营运的只有少数，而遭袭的 3 座全都属于 Amazon。Ed Galvin 指出，Amazon 与 Google 和以色列政府签有价值 12 亿美元（约 11 亿欧元）的云端与 AI 合约，因此 AWS 可能比设于本地营运商机房内的其他美国科技服务更容易成为可辨识目标。
这些打击正在改变产业假设。传统资料中心防护主要著重网路攻击与非法闯入，而不是飞弹或无人机；虽然营运商通常可把工作负载转移到其他设施，但同时多点遇袭会削弱这种缓冲。分析师还预期，保险费与安全成本将上升，并可能破坏沙乌地阿拉伯与阿拉伯联合大公国成为区域云端与 AI 枢纽的雄心。Noah Sylvia 总结说，资料中心无法被隐藏，但可以部署防空系统保护。
In the Middle East war, data centers have become a new infrastructure target. Drone strikes have damaged 3 Amazon facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain; Israel and the US have also hit at least 2 data centers in Tehran, including 1 linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Analysts say these sites are now treated as nodes of state power rather than neutral commercial assets because they support banks, government offices, surveillance, drone navigation, and real-time analysis of video and satellite imagery. Daniel Efrati says even 1 minute of downtime can cost any organization millions.
The risk stands out more because of the scale of regional expansion. According to DC Byte, about 230 data centers are built or in development across 6 Arab countries around the Gulf, but only a handful are wholly owned and operated by US tech giants, and all 3 facilities hit were Amazon sites. Ed Galvin argues that because Amazon, with Google, has a $1.2 billion contract, about 1.1 billion euros, with the Israeli government for cloud and AI services, AWS may be easier to identify and target than other US tech services housed inside local operators’ facilities.
These attacks are changing industry assumptions. Traditional data center security focuses on cyberattacks and trespassing, not missiles or drones; although operators can often shift workloads to other facilities, simultaneous attacks on multiple sites would weaken that buffer. Analysts also expect insurance premiums and security costs to rise and warn that the conflict could undermine Saudi and Emirati ambitions to become regional cloud and AI hubs. Noah Sylvia sums it up: data centers cannot be hidden, but they can be protected with air defense systems.