internet cables; An asymmetric and vulnerable target at the heart of digital interests Submarine cables are the backbone of the world's financial communications, and the data passing through these cables belongs to banks, energy companies, trading arenas and government services. Their disruption will disrupt financial transactions, e-commerce and cloud computing. The Strait of Hormuz is known as the vital artery of oil transportation since the past. But a less visible layer of this waterway is its role as one of the most important nodes of the world's digital infrastructure. In the bed of this strait, there are at least seven major communication cables that carry internet data, financial transactions, cloud services and commercial communications between the West Asia region, Asia and Europe. "Mohan Razai's recent statements that if the war starts again, "a lot of cables, data centers and artificial intelligence facilities" will be destroyed and that America has "very valuable assets in the United Arab Emirates and around the Strait of Hormuz that are not yet on the target list"; this brought this infrastructure from the sidelines into the context of the security conflict.

internet cables; An asymmetric and vulnerable target at the heart of digital interests Submarine cables are the backbone of the world's financial communications, and the data passing through these cables belongs to banks, energy companies, trading arenas and government services. Their disruption will disrupt financial transactions, e-commerce and cloud computing. The Strait of Hormuz is known as the vital artery of oil transportation since the past. But a less visible layer of this waterway is its role as one of the most important nodes of the world's digital infrastructure. In the bed of this strait, there are at least seven major communication cables that carry internet data, financial transactions, cloud services and commercial communications between the West Asia region, Asia and Europe. "Mohan Razai's recent statements that if the war starts again, "a lot of cables, data centers and artificial intelligence facilities" will be destroyed and that America has "very valuable assets in the United Arab Emirates and around the Strait of Hormuz that are not yet on the target list"; this brought this infrastructure from the sidelines into the context of the security conflict.