Iranian cruise missiles destroy Amazon data center in Bahrain, state media claims
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched cruise missiles against Amazon's AWS data center in Bahrain, claiming to have destroyed it in retaliation for U.S. strikes on an under-construction nuclear plant in Darkhovin, Iran. This is not the first attack on the facility; the site had been hit multiple times since the U.S. bombing campaign began, leading Amazon to put it in 'hard down' status and move operations to unaffected locations. The attack follows the collapse of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire on June 17, 2026, after Iran allegedly attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC has also threatened other American tech companies including Microsoft, Apple, Google, and OpenAI's Stargate data center in Dubai. Amazon has not released updates on repair efforts, and the ongoing conflict continues to endanger U.S. infrastructure in the region.
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