In Part 1 of this blog series, my colleague Arno van Gennip discussed the integral role that distributed, interconnected data centers play in our digital society, and how the evolution of data centers has coincided with new and evolving threats. He focused specifically on operational threats like extreme weather conditions and unstable energy grids. While it’s essential for data center operators to acknowledge and plan for these threats, it’s equally important to consider the human angle—new security threats caused by malicious attackers and geopolitical conflict. In this follow-up blog, I’ll describe some of these threats and explore what data center…

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