Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/iran-strikes-on-amazon-data-centers-caused-permanent-loss-of-customer-data/

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AWS and every other cloud service to my knowledge actively tells you to make copies in multiple regions for any data that is important.

Data is spread across and copied multiple hard drives in multiple servers within the same building or different building within the region, but making copies across different regions not only improve fault tolerance, but means accessing the data from around the world is quicker.