Iranian drones strike Amazon data centres in Bahrain, UAE

Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama in retaliation against US-Israeli attacks, in Bahrain February 28, 2026. [Stringer – Anadolu Agency]

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has carried out a drone strike on an Amazon data centre in Bahrain, according to Iran’s state news agency Fars.

Fars reported that the attack targeted an Amazon facility in Bahrain to identify how such centres support the military and intelligence activities of Tehran’s adversaries.

The agency added that the strike was part of a series of recent IRGC operations against Amazon data centres in Dubai and other strategic sites across the region.

Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company’s cloud computing division, said last Monday, “In the UAE, two of our facilities were directly struck, while in Bahrain, a drone strike in close proximity to one of our facilities caused physical impacts to our infrastructure.”

“These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” AWS added.

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