The resilience of Gulf cloud services would depend on traffic rerouting and backup capacity if several undersea cables were damaged, according to analysts cited in an October 24 BlockBeats report. Potential disruption could also affect financial transactions and e-commerce, they said.
The assessment followed reported Iranian plans to target Gulf communications cables if the United States and Israel attacked again. Those statements described a conditional threat.
Investment plans include stronger connections
Separately, the report cited Microsoft plans to invest more than $10 billion across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait by 2030. It also cited more than $400 million for improvements to Middle Eastern undersea and terrestrial network connections.
Source: BlockBeats, 2026-10-24 08:15:53 UTC.