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Dia Kayyali • 14 May 2026

Dual-use and dual damage: what the targeting of data centers means for civilians

For the first time in military history, private-sector commercial data centers have been deliberately targeted and damaged in an active…

Data Centers
GCC
Militarization of Tech

Marianne Rahme • 30 Apr 2021

Google Cloud’s Data Center in KSA raises data privacy concerns in the region

In a decision to expand their global network with new cloud regions, Google announced in December 2020 that Google Cloud…

Business And Human Rights
Censorship
Data Centers