Iran Claims Missile Strike Destroyed Amazon Data Center in Bahrain

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Iran Claims Missile Strike Destroyed Amazon Data Center in Bahrain

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The Pakistan Times — Islamabad Times

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed responsibility for a cruise missile strike that it says destroyed core data center infrastructure belonging to US technology giant Amazon in Bahrain, marking the latest escalation in the widening confrontation between Tehran and Washington. The Pakistan Times examines the claim and the broader conflict driving it.

What Iran Says Happened

According to a statement carried by Iran's IRGC-linked Fars News Agency, the IRGC's Aerospace Force targeted and destroyed the central data infrastructure of Amazon's operations in Bahrain using several cruise missiles. The statement described the strike as retaliation for a US airstrike a day earlier on Iran's Darkhovin nuclear facility, which Tehran maintains was an unfinished, civilian nuclear power project. The IRGC also claimed to have struck US air defence systems and radar installations in Bahrain's Muharraq and Riffa areas during the same operation.

Neither Amazon nor Bahraini authorities have independently confirmed the extent of the damage. Bahraini officials have acknowledged that air raid sirens sounded and that a wave of Iranian strikes was intercepted, but a detailed, verified account of the strike's impact on Amazon's facility has not yet been released.

Part of a Wider Pattern

This is not the first time Amazon's regional infrastructure has come under fire. Since March 2026, facilities belonging to Amazon Web Services have reportedly been targeted on multiple occasions across Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, making it the first known instance of a major American tech company's data centers being deliberately targeted in an active conflict. Iran had earlier designated numerous US technology firms, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple, as legitimate military targets over allegations that their infrastructure supports American military and intelligence operations in the region.

Kuwait, too, has come under repeated attack during the same period of escalation, with Kuwaiti authorities reporting strikes on power and water desalination plants, an oil refinery, and the country's international airport, though no verified reports have confirmed a strike on data center infrastructure there.

Broader Context of the Conflict

The renewed strikes follow the collapse of a ceasefire reached between the US and Iran the previous month, which unravelled after Iran was accused of attacking commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in early July. Since then, hostilities have escalated sharply, with both sides trading strikes across multiple Gulf states, disrupting regional infrastructure and raising concerns about the safety of international shipping and commercial operations throughout the region.

Why It Matters

Analysts have noted that the targeting of cloud data infrastructure represents a notable shift in how modern conflicts unfold, given the degree to which regional banking, logistics, and commercial services now depend on cloud computing. Continued disruption to facilities like Amazon's Bahrain data center could have ripple effects well beyond the companies directly targeted, potentially affecting broader digital services across the Gulf. The Pakistan Times will continue to follow developments in this escalating conflict.

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