[potatoproduct]

We are living in increasingly weirder times.

[astrange]

A factory not working because of a missile strike seems pretty classic actually.

[guerrilla]

Sure, but it's not a factory.

[debo_]

When I first learned that there were AWS Middle East regions, my first thought was "wow they are more optimistic than I am ."

[toast0]

Google Cloud also has middle east locations. As does Azure, Oracle and Alibaba. Afaik, IBM Cloud does not. I think those five and AWS are the top 6 global public access clouds.

[Cyph0n]

No, they are more aware of the customer demand for compute in the region.

[buttermeup]

Not really, although things may be trending in the wrong direction. Pick any “weird” current event and you can find much worse examples in relatively modern history. Just compare whatever you think of to the siege of Leningrad, for instance.

[dgxyz]

Not really. It's just been pretty damn quiet for years.