Amazon.com Inc.'s data centers in Bahrain were damaged, satellite imagery reviewed by Bloomberg shows damage at both facilities, supporting Iran's claim it struck the sites.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released high-resolution satellite photographs through state-backed Tasnim, a post that Bloomberg said released high-resolution satellite images showing significant structural damage at locations in Zallaq and Askar.
Independent, lower-resolution images from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 constellation that Bloomberg reviewed also show scarring at the sites Sentinel-2 satellite constellation.
The strikes form part of a broader episode in which cloud and communications infrastructure in the Gulf has become entangled with military operations, with analysts warning such attacks can ripple through banking, logistics and public services.
An earlier report published locally included satellite photos of damage in Bahrain, which drew attention to the same facilities before Bloomberg's wider imagery review satellite imagery shows damage.
Iran's state media framed the strikes as aimed at infrastructure it said supported U.S. operations, and the newly released images were presented as evidence for that claim alleging that they were targeted.
