Amazon data centers in the Middle East hit by drone strikes

Drones struck three Amazon data centers in the Middle East during the US‑Iran war, damaging two sites in the United Arab Emirates and another near Bahrain. Amazon Web Services evacuated staff and closed access to at least one facility after "structural damage" and flooding, and said the two UAE centers were "directly struck" while the Bahrain site was hit "in close proximity." The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps later claimed responsibility for targeting one site, citing the company’s support for US military activities.

It is the first time Big Tech data centers have been directly targeted by military strikes. Microsoft said it had no indication any of its sites were attacked and that its regional data centers were operating as normal; Google and Microsoft showed no outages on their service pages.

As of Friday, service at the affected Amazon centers remained offline or heavily disrupted, and the company advised customers to "enact their disaster recovery plans." The outages disrupted a range of services.

United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Middle East

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