Data Centers Emerge as Vulnerable Targets: California Brief

Data Centers Battle Rising Security Threats

Data centers, celebrated as economic engines of the AI boom, are emerging as vulnerable, high-value targets, Cassandre Coyer reports.

The FBI has increased its outreach to data center owners and operators about physical and digital threats, cyber professionals say. Experts told a House Homeland Security subcommittee that the federal government needs to do more to recognize the potential impact of an attack on data centers.

Heightened pressure also means it’s time for companies to rehearse worst-case scenarios, review existing security protections, and perhaps push facilities closer to the same level of ...