Amazon's Bahrain Data Center Targeted By Iran For US Military Support

Published: 6 hours ago (March 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST)

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Source: Slashdot

Source: Slashdot

Incident Overview

Iranian state media reported that a drone strike targeted Amazon’s data center in Bahrain, citing the company’s support for the U.S. military.
The strike on Sunday disrupted core cloud services, causing prolonged outages.
Two additional data centers in the United Arab Emirates were also damaged by drone strikes.

Impact on Services

All affected facilities remain offline, according to the Amazon Web Services health dashboard (CNBC reports).
Structural damage included power disruptions and water damage after firefighters extinguished sparks and fire.
Several popular AWS applications experienced elevated error rates and degraded availability.

AWS Recommendations

Back up your data.
Consider migrating workloads to other regions.
Direct traffic away from Bahrain and the UAE.

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