Today, 11 October 2018, WikiLeaks publishes a "Highly Confidential" internal document from the cloud computing provider Amazon. The document from late 2015 lists the addresses and some operational details of over one hundred data centers spread across fifteen cities in nine countries. To accompany this document, WikiLeaks also created a map showing where Amazon’s data centers are located.

https://wikileaks.org/amazon-atlas/

In the process of dispelling the mystery around the locations of Amazon’s data centers, WikiLeaks also turned this document into a puzzle game,

the Quest of Random Clues.

The goal of this game was to encourage people to research these data centers in a fun and intriguing way, while highlighting related issues such as contracts with the intelligence community, Amazon’s complex corporate structures, and the physicality of the cloud.

https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23QuestOfRandomClues%20from%3Awikileaks&src=typd

https://wikileaks.org/amazon-atlas/map/

Buried in the 100-page solicitation is a requirement that JEDI store not only classified information but also information designated

“Q”

—the Energy Department’s classification for information related to US nuclear capabilities (roughly comparable to a “top secret” clearance in the Defense Department). This linkage between cloud computing and nuclear secrets has naturally provoked concern. Even the best technologies present risks, and transformative changes rarely fail to create unforeseen consequences. These realities point toward two important questions. First, how will JEDI affect the ability of the US military to secure its nuclear secrets? Second, what will the JEDI contract and the Pentagon’s migration to cloud computing mean for international stability (specifically, could they create incentives for nuclear war)?

https://thebulletin.org/2018/06/jedi-outlook-for-stability-uncertain-as-pentagon-migrates-to-the-cloud/

https://wikileaks.org/amazon-atlas/document/AmazonAtlas_v1/