Iran Claims It Destroyed Amazon's Main Data Hub in Bahrain. Nobody Has Confirmed It
- On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard attacked Amazon's central data infrastructure in Bahrain with cruise missiles, claiming the strike destroyed the facility.
- The IRGC stated the attack was part of the '24th wave of Operation Nasr 2' in response to American aggression against facilities under construction in Dar Khuyin.
- Amazon Web Services opened the ME-South-1 facility in 2019 as the first data center region in the Middle East, serving financial institutions and government agencies with cloud computing and AI services.
- Oil prices held near one-month highs on Tuesday amid supply fears from Red Sea shipping threats, with Brent crude trading above $90 and West Texas Intermediate holding steady at $82.47.
- Washington continues a 10-day campaign to degrade Iranian capabilities despite mediators proposing a 10-day ceasefire aimed at salvaging an interim deal signed on June 17.
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IRGC says US Casualties in the HUDREDS, as Iran Destroys Amazon Data Center in Kuwait
Iran destroyed another Amazon data center Friday and that US deaths are in the hudreds! The IRGC says wave 27 of Operation Nasr 2 targeted an Amazon data center and an ammunition depot at the Ali Al-Salem US base in Kuwait. IRGC FINISHES OFF DATA CENTER Weekend Special on Substack Subscriptions How Hydrogen Water Helps...
The 13th day of attacks between the US and Iran was marked by a new Iranian attack directed against a data center, this time to Amazon. Still, Brent oil again below $100.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it had targeted and destroyed a data center in Bahrain belonging to the US technology giant Amazon. The statement claimed that the facility, identified as belonging to Amazon, provided intelligence support to the US military.
The Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic has added these facilities among its objectives to be fought in the region
IRGC claims AWS Bahrain data center destroyed
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it fired several cruise missiles at Amazon data infrastructure in Bahrain on July 21, 2026, during Wave 24 of Operation Nasr 2. In its statement announcing the attack, the IRGC said the missiles “destroyed” the targeted infrastructure. The destruction claim had not been independently verified as of July 23. Amazon Web Services had not published a statement confirming new damage from the July 21 attac…
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