Iran struck Amazon data centers again amid widening war, satellites show
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- Satellite images reveal new damage to Amazon data centers in the Middle East and a Saudi oil facility after missile and drone attacks by Iran and Houthi allies.
- The images from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites provide independent verification of war damage amid US pressure to restrict satellite imagery.
- Three Amazon data centers in UAE and Bahrain were previously damaged by Iranian drone strikes on March 1, causing months of repairs.
- On July 21, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have destroyed Amazon data centers in Bahrain using cruise missiles, releasing satellite images.
- Analysts used Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery to verify strike signs but could not determine damage extent; parties declined to comment.