[xg15]

> where someone fired bullets into the coolant reservoirs and caused a several day power outage.

So you mean to say, one doesn't even need drones, a datacenter could be (temporarily) taken out with a handgun?

[morkalork]

This is the same sinking realization people had after 9/11 when thinking about infrastructure. Just damaging one or two substations serving the downtown core of a major city could cause massive economic damage.

[tristanj]

Yes, though with a rifle (higher stopping power than a handgun).

Large parts of our society are built on trust, and there is societal ignorance of how vulnerable our infrastructure is.

Criminals generally aren't that sophisticated or intelligent, so they aren't aware they can target these places.