Amazon Web Services (AWS) said drone strikes linked to the escalating Middle East conflict damaged its data center facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, disrupting cloud services for customers in the region.
In a public service update, AWS reported “elevated error rates and degraded availability” affecting some services hosted in the impacted regions. The company said two facilities in the UAE were directly struck, while a site in Bahrain experienced infrastructure damage from a nearby incident.
The strikes caused structural damage and power disruptions at the affected sites. AWS said restoration efforts are underway but warned recovery could be prolonged due to the physical nature of the damage.
“We are actively working to restore full service availability,” the company said in its update, adding that safety of personnel remains a priority.
The incidents occurred amid heightened regional tensions following a series of retaliatory exchanges involving Iran and Gulf states. The disruption marks a rare instance of physical military activity directly affecting the infrastructure of a major U.S. cloud provider in the Middle East.
AWS advised customers operating critical workloads in the region to follow established disaster recovery practices and consider routing traffic to alternate regions where possible.
The company did not provide a specific timeline for full restoration but said it is coordinating with local authorities and continuing remediation efforts at the impacted facilities.
