Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services sites in the Middle East, exposing how vulnerable cloud data centers are in conflict.

Late Monday, Amazon.com, Inc. Web Services said drone strikes tied to the escalating Middle East conflict caused significant structural damage at facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Drone Strikes Damage AWS Infrastructure In UAE And Bahrain AWS said two of its three Availability Zones in the UAE region (ME-CENTRAL-1) were directly struck,

Amazon Web Services Confirms Damage After Middle East Drone Strikes

Amazon says Iranian drone strikes directly hit two AWS facilities in the UAE, while another strike landed close a facility in Bahrain. The recovery could potentially be slow.

On Sunday, Amazon.com, Inc.'s Web Services said a fire triggered by objects striking one of its UAE data centers forced a power shutdown, disrupting cloud services in the region. Strike-Linked Fire Disrupts AWS Availability Zone Amazon's cloud division,

Missile and drone attacks have severely impacted Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, prompting urgent calls for customers to migrate operations. Major tech providers like Snowflake and Red Hat,

AWS UAE data centre temporarily shut down after reported attack. Power to Amazon’s cloud unit’s, Amazon Web Services Availability Zone (AWS), data centre in the United Arab Emirates was temporarily shut down after objects hit the facility.

Amazon AWS data centers in UAE and Bahrain hit by drone strikes amid US-Iran tensions, causing power and infrastructure disruptions.

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