UN adviser: data centres have become military targets, so European AI factories should slow down
A UN adviser says data centres have become primary military targets and that, after drone attacks in Ukraine, Europe must rethink where it builds its AI factories. The news appeared on 17 October 2026.
Who is affected and how
- energy specialist
- Physical protection and site selection may become new design considerations for data centre power supply.
- engineer
- Military risk may affect redundancy and protection design.
Sources
- Data centres have become targets, European AI factories must slow down, says a UN adviser | Euronewshu.euronews.com · Oct 17, 2026 · magyar
- Data centres that have become military targets could slow European AI development · quicknews.huquicknews.hu · Oct 17, 2026 · magyar
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