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Amazon data centres in UAE and Bahrain hit by drones as Middle East conflict widens

March 3, 2026

Drone strikes linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict have damaged Amazon data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, disrupting cloud services across the region. The attacks have forced Amazon Web Services to shut down parts of its infrastructure, leading to significant outages affecting various key services.

TOPSHOT - A plume of smoke rises from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the West, was killed in the opening salvo of a massive US and Israeli attack, sparking a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Tehran on March 1. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP)

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Two Amazon data centers in the UAE and one in Bahrain were directly struck by drones.
The drone strikes caused fires, power cuts, and structural damage.
Cloud service disruptions impacted key AWS offerings like computing and storage.
Customers reported degraded availability and connectivity issues due to the attacks.
The strikes are part of a broader regional conflict involving the U. S. and Israel.

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Amazon data centres in UAE and Bahrain hit by drones as Middle East conflict widens

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