Name: Does the Iran war put your internet at risk? | DW News
Uploaded: 2026-03-31T13:12:05.000Z
Duration: 3 min 27 s

Does the Iran war put your internet at risk?

伊朗戰爭會讓你的網路處於危險之中嗎？

Since the escalation began, Iran's regime has repeatedly threatened to target what they call "enemy technology infrastructure." Here's the reality: U.S.

自從衝突加劇以來，伊朗政權不斷威脅要攻擊他們所謂的「敵方技術基礎設施」。事實是這樣：美國

tech companies are the backbone of IT infrastructure in the Middle East.

的科技公司是中東 IT 基礎設施的骨幹。

They run giant data hubs in Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

他們在巴林、阿聯酋、卡達和沙烏地阿拉伯經營著大型數據中心。

In the seabed of the Strait of Hormuz lie fiber optic cables.

在荷姆茲海峽的海底，鋪設著光纖電纜。

Think of them as the arteries of the global internet.

你可以把牠們想像成全球網路的動脈。

If they are damaged, the impact is felt beyond the Gulf region.

如果牠們受損，影響將會超越海灣地區。

Targeted drone strikes can take regional data centers offline.

目標式的無人機攻擊可以讓區域性的資料中心離線。

Recently, Amazon has reported new problems with its AWS cloud services due to Iranian drone activity in Bahrain.

最近，Amazon 報告了由於伊朗在巴林的無人機活動，其 AWS 雲端服務出現了新的問題。

In March, when Amazon data hubs in the UAE and Bahrain were hit, key apps and even major banks went down because even the data centers' backups failed.

三月時，當阿拉伯聯合大公國和巴林的 Amazon 資料中心受到攻擊時，關鍵應用程式甚至主要銀行都無法運作，因為連資料中心的備份都失效了。

Ride-hailing apps, food delivery vanished, and major banks went dark in the region.

叫車應用程式、外送服務消失了，該地區的主要銀行也陷入黑暗。

The outages lasted for weeks, also because the conflict made it hard to bring in the hardware needed for the repairs.

中斷持續了好幾個星期，也是因為衝突使得運送維修所需的硬體變得困難。

But the fallout doesn't stop in the Gulf region.

The Gulf data hubs are crucial intersections.

海灣的資料中心是關鍵的交匯點。

Companies from Southeast Asia use them to handle their digital workload and to route their data to the rest of the world.

來自東南亞的公司利用它們來處理數位工作負載，並將資料路由到世界各地。

For that, they use undersea cable networks.

為此，它們使用了海底電纜網路。

And these cables carry over 95% of global internet traffic.

而這些纜線承載了超過95%的全球網路流量。

When a key access point goes down, traffic reroutes to other cables, which can overload data highways and slow down everything.

當一個關鍵的存取點失效時，流量會重新導向到其他纜線，這可能會讓資料高速公路過載，讓所有東西都變慢。

When India and Pakistan were affected in early March, it wasn't a total blackout,

當印度和巴基斯坦在三月初受到影響時，並非完全斷線，

but there were huge spikes in latency, causing problems even in everyday applications.

但延遲出現了巨大的尖峰，即使是日常應用程式也是以出現問題。

In other parts of the world, like Europe or Latin America, such spikes were only minimal.

在世界其他地方，像是歐洲或拉丁美洲，這種尖峰只造成了輕微影響。

But some companies that rely on Amazon Web Services reported disruptions nevertheless.

但有些依賴 Amazon Web Services 的公司仍然回報了中斷情況。

Given that these undersea cables are so important, how much are they at risk?

考量到這些海底電纜如此重要，它們的風險有多大呢？

As you can see on this map, several undersea cables run directly through the Strait of Hormuz.

你可以看到這張地圖，有幾條海底電纜直接穿過荷姆茲海峽。

Even if these cables have not been targeted directly so far, they are in danger right now, through sea mines and through warships or stuck oil tankers dropping anchors.

即使這些電纜到目前為止沒有直接成為目標，但它們現在正處於危險之中，透過海雷和軍艦或擱淺油輪丟下的錨。

Normally, if a cable breaks, a specialized ship fixes it in a few days.

通常，如果電纜斷了，會有專業的船隻在幾天內修好。

But you can't send a slow-moving, stationary repair ship into a minefield or a missile strike zone.

但你無法將一艘移動緩慢、靜止的維修船開進雷區或飛彈攻擊區。

Both systems we mentioned—the data hubs powering our apps and the undersea cables handling the traffic—are built on the principle of redundancy.

我們提到的兩個系統——為我們的應用程式提供動力的數據中心和處理流量的海底電纜——都是建立在備援原則上的。

Meaning, if one data center fails, there are others that can handle the load.

這表示，如果一個數據中心故障，還有其他數據中心可以處理負載。

And if one cable breaks, the traffic can be routed another way.

如果一條電纜斷了，流量可以改道。

But in 2026, we are learning the hard way: redundancy only works if the backup isn't in the line of fire too.

但在2026年，我們正付出慘痛的代價學到一件事：備援只有在備份也不在交火區時才有效。

Bottom line: Even if you are not directly affected right now, data hubs and undersea cables will play a growing role in political conflicts in the future.

總結來說：即使你現在沒有直接受到影響，數據中心和海底電纜在未來的政治衝突中將扮演越來越重要的角色。