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Meteors vs. Data Centers - Cloud Computing: Worst Case Scenarios
Discursive Podcast
51 minutes
2 weeks ago
Meteors vs. Data Centers - Cloud Computing: Worst Case Scenarios
In this first episode of ”Cloud Computing: Worst Case Scenarios,” we explore what happens when cosmic threats collide with our centralized cloud infrastructure, drawing lessons from the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor and the October 2025 AWS outage that left Toast toast and millions without their morning coffee apps.