AI data centers become war targets as Iran strikes AWS facilities in the Gulf

The national security implications of building frontier AI data centers overseas | Brookings

Trump's May 2025 agreements with UAE and Saudi Arabia for frontier AI data centers bypass U.S. power and permitting constraints, concentrating advanced training clusters in geopolitically volatile regions. This compresses near-term compute capacity at the cost of long-term security: overseas frontier AI infrastructure risks geopolitical targeting and foreign leverage, requiring new governance frameworks.