Iran War Boosts Malaysian Data Center Appeal, SD Guthrie Says
THE SO WHAT
Conflict between the US and Iran is reshaping perceived risk in data center geography — Malaysia’s landowners now see hyperscale as a hedge and an export. sensitive
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