{"id":237203,"date":"2026-04-29T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/congress-industry-ponder-government-posture-for-protecting-data-centers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:55:17","slug":"congress-industry-ponder-government-posture-for-protecting-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/congress-industry-ponder-government-posture-for-protecting-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-04-29 15:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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The growth of data centers \u2014 and adversaries\u2019 targeting of them \u2014 left lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday contemplating whether the federal government has the right setup for defending them.<\/p>\n

Some industry witnesses and experts at the hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection testified that the answer might be to give data centers their own standalone designation as a critical infrastructure sector.<\/p>\n

The question of how to secure data centers against cyber and physical attacks coincides with artificial intelligence fuelling a boom in the building of such facilities across the United States. Last month, Iranian drones targeted two Amazon data centers in response to the U.S.-Israel bombing campaign on Iran, and a third data center in Bahrain was struck as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a major data center is attacked, disrupted, or taken offline, the consequences can reach far beyond one company or one sector,\u201d Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., said in prepared opening remarks. \u201cYet our current framework does not provide a clear, unified approach to data center security. It does not clearly answer which federal agency is responsible for understanding the risk, coordinating with industry, or leading the response when this infrastructure is targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Three providers account for 63 percent of the market share of data centers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom already has deemed data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector. Reps. Vince Fong, R-Calif., and LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., asked panel witnesses Wednesday about federal protection of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the scrutiny that is required to make sure that those data centers are secure, there would be a benefit in having them work together as a unique coordinating council,\u201d said Robert Mayer, senior vice president for cybersecurity and innovation at USTelecom, an industry group.<\/p>\n

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