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Introduction: From Utility to Critical Asset For years, data centres were discussed in terms of real estate, energy efficiency, or cloud competition. That framing is now obsolete. In Q4 2025, governments are treating data centres as strategic infrastructure , akin to oil fields or power grids. 1. OpenAI’s Provocative Comparison OpenAI’s recent warning—that data centres must be guarded like oil rigs —has been echoed by policymakers. Why? Compute is the fuel for AI arms races.

Semiconductors are the new oil—the critical asset where supply chain weakness translates into national vulnerability.

The tariff war is not only reshaping trade - it’s redefining where digital transformation capital is deployed.

Europe’s connectivity hinges on a dense mesh of short Baltic/North Sea cables and a handful of deep-water trunks. Coordinated, deniable cuts at 3–6 points would spike latency into Frankfurt/London, push Nordic traffic onto narrower southern routes, and brown-out offshore and island backhaul. Layer concurrent GNSS jamming and satcom ground-segment attacks, and you have a classic hybrid play. This briefing translates that risk into clear operator actions you can take now.

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of Saudi Arabia's tech sector, the role of seasoned Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) is becoming...

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