Iran's IRGC Claims Strikes on Oracle Data Center in Dubai and Amazon Facility in Bahrain

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Thursday it had struck a data center linked to Oracle in Dubai and an Amazon data center in Bahrain as part of what it described as an ongoing campaign against the United States and US technology companies operating in the region, Tom's Hardware reported. The IRGC also issued threats against Nvidia, Intel, and other American technology firms with regional infrastructure, signaling an intent to target the broader US technology presence in Gulf states as tensions between the US and Iran remain elevated. Oracle and Amazon Web Services both operate significant cloud and data center infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, serving enterprise customers, government bodies, and cloud consumers across the Middle East. Dubai and Bahrain have emerged as major hubs for cloud adoption and data center investment in the region. The claims could not be independently verified at time of reporting. Neither Oracle nor Amazon publicly confirmed damage to their facilities. The IRGC has previously claimed military and cyberattack actions that were later disputed or unverified, but the stated targeting of specific technology infrastructure represents a concrete escalation in rhetoric. If substantiated, strikes on cloud data center infrastructure would mark a significant development in the use of physical force against commercial technology assets. The Gulf region hosts dozens of hyperscale and colocation data center campuses that underpin financial services, government, and enterprise operations across the Middle East and South Asia.