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Big Tech reroutes Gulf data via Iraqi oil pipelines

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Major tech companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are utilizing a new fiber-optic network laid alongside Iraqi oil pipelines to reroute data from the Gulf region. This overland route serves as a critical backup to sub-sea cables, especially amidst regional conflicts that have previously disrupted services. The infrastructure, built by IQ Networks, leverages existing pipeline security and corridors, offering a more resilient path to Europe and onward to global users. AI

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IMPACT Ensures continued operation of AI services by providing resilient data pathways around conflict zones.

RANK_REASON This cluster details a significant shift in critical digital infrastructure, leveraging existing geopolitical and physical assets for data routing resilience.

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Big Tech reroutes Gulf data via Iraqi oil pipelines

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  1. Rest of World TIER_1 · Indranil Ghosh ·

    Big Tech is moving data out of the Gulf through Iraqi oil pipelines

    U.S. hyperscalers secure "dark fiber" capacity along Iraqi land route to reduce latency and provide a backup to vulnerable subsea cables.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    💸 Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise ｢ The facilities on average offer about 90 positions, an

    💸 Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise ｢ The facilities on average offer about 90 positions, and some have as few as 20. Former workers and local campaigners told Rest of World that most of the positions are in secu…

    LINKS restofworld.org/…/data-centers-jobs-micro… restofworld.org/…/data-center-heat-map

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