Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet: Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes.

a day ago by eicker to c/technology

Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
eicker 15 points a day ago

Trumpโ€™s war with Iran has given the world a fascinating new infrastructure strategy: route the internet around the mess Washington helped create. Apparently ยปAmerica Firstยซ now means American tech companies paying extra to keep Europe and Asia online. The cloud has never looked so dependent on one manโ€™s foreign policy tantrums.

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dregan 12 points a day ago

"Cloud giants" sounds a lot cooler than it actually is.

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aim4harmony 12 points a day ago

Data slurpers ๐Ÿคญ

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sundray 3 points a day ago

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aim4harmony 3 points a day ago

Mmm.. hooman data. Mm..

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Forsho 2 points a day ago

Slop makers is better

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IWW4 2 points 15 hours ago

Good job, Donald Dogshit.

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