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Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers - Ars Technica
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In Soviet Russia, drone delivers to Amazon.
this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
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I remember Bezos at the inauguration. He's spent millions on the administration, including the inaugural party and financing not only the first lady's documentary, but its positive reviews. All of them. And that's just the highlights; Bezos has given so much to promote this administration at every turn.
Glad to see this kind of multiplicative return on his investment. He is very literally getting the presidential experience he paid for.
The right Amazon is burning finally.
Damn it! We specifically said not to attack those!
Okay. One more time! Here's the no-go list:
- xAI
- OpenAI
- Palantir
- Oracle
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Meta
How hard is that!?!?
In the Middle East: drones deliver to Amazon.
Same-day delivery, motherfuckers
Before you even knew it delivery*
Prices are going up.
Thoughts and prayers
Lol. Lmao even.
Oh no! Anyways, it's gonna rain soon.
Oh no! Anyway… I’m hungry
Oh no that's terrible.
Anyway, who's up for pizza?
This is the free market at work
Damn thats crazy
Cuh ray zee. I'm think hamburger helper tonight.
If they ordered them from Amazon does it count as a return?
Because that's what the news audience is interested in: the impact of the latest war on Amazon data centers. Which can be rebuilt and are owned by people with more than enough resources to do so endlessly.
- the news isn't limited to this one article
- publicizing news about the consequences of war, no matter the scale, incentivizes those involved to push for an end to conflict. Investors don't like it when companies have to spend money to rebuild things
Major damage to US corporate infrastructure seems more likely to have a real impact on the length of the war. Heart wrenching stories about humanitarian crises don't seem to have that sort of impact. Even if they would, there are too many of these stories to draw sustained public interest in any single event or group of related events. Corporate involvement at least has a board who has to try to take action on behalf of investors. It wouldn't be a romantic end, but it might be better than nothing.
Nah. The comments that say “duh, we already knew that.” And “borrrring” are always right.
(I agree with the otter)
And yet I'm sure they'll somehow find a way to make the little guy pay for the repairs
Oh know! Anyways...
Oh no! 😬
I mean.... Finally some good fucking news
If they can still repair it I guess more drones are needed
Fuck Amazon
Not a lot of anti-air defences at a data center. Maybe this type of protest should become more common...
No the last thing we need is big tech private armies
The main armies are the private armies. They can't realistically do much more, they are up against an actual country.
...oh no...
Anyway.
Lol
Fuck 'em.
Hah
They'll just lay off a bunch of people to cover the cost and have it rebuilt pretty quickly.
And all this shit is insured
Insurance never covers damages from war, because that's a good way to bankrupt the insurance company. Even they don't have infinite money.
Not only are you wrong, there is also war risk insurance. Pricey, sure, but it's Amazon.
Try finding a US corporation willing to put up anything in the Middle East without war risk insurance.
Prayers