Scorched Servers: The Escalating Price of Miscalculation in the Middle East Satellite images from Europe's Copernicus Sentinel 2 program confirm that Iran's recent wave of missile and drone attacks has struck not just Saudi oil facilities, but also Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
This escalation marks a new level of aggression in the region's proxy wars, with civilians and critical infrastructure increasingly caught in the crossfire.
The attacks on Amazon's Middle Eastern outposts are particularly significant, as they underscore the fragile relationship between modern warfare and our dependence on digital infrastructure.