Flawless cloud? Think again

For years, the tech industry has operated under a comforting illusion: that the cloud is an ethereal, invincible entity. We spoke of availability zones and regions as if they were abstract logical constructs rather than physical buildings filled with servers, cables, and cooling fans. The recent events in the Middle East have shattered that illusion.

When physical strikes damaged data centres, it was a stark reminder that the cloud lives in real buildings, powered by real grids, located in real-world geographies. When those buildings go dark, the digital economy they support: banks, hospitals, ride-hailing apps, and payment gateways, go dark as well.