Wars Push Data Centers Underground

Military attacks on aboveground cloud and AI infrastructure are forcing states and large operators to consider subterranean or heavily fortified data‑center siting, rapid national capacity reservation rules, and relaxed cross‑border cloud bans. That shift is both a tactical response to immediate threats and a structural change to how states balance sovereignty, redundancy, and control over critical digital services. — If adopted at scale, subterranean/fortified data centers and forced domestic reservation rules reshape internet sovereignty, cross‑border cloud markets, and the geography of digital risk during conflicts.