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IRGC Claims It Destroyed Amazon's Bahrain Data Center
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IRGC claims a cruise missile strike destroyed Amazon's AWS data center in Bahrain, citing the Darkhovin nuclear plant as a justification. This marks the third strike on the same facility since March.
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- Praise: The resilience of AWS infrastructure is noteworthy, as me-south-1 reportedly still boasts more nines than us-east-1, despite the chaos.
- Concern: The destruction of the Bahrain data center raises serious questions about the reliability of AWS in conflict zones — how can we trust services that can be so easily disrupted?
- Concern: The irony of the only operational AWS region in the Middle East being in Tel Aviv isn't lost on anyone, highlighting the geopolitical risks tied to cloud services.