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Amazon's AWS is unable to restore access to Bahrain, one UAE cloud data zone after war damage
On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services reported it cannot restore access to its Bahrain cloud facility and one United Arab Emirates zone following infrastructure damage sustained during the Iran war.
Disruptions began in March following regional military exchanges involving Iran, Israel, and the Gulf, which directly struck two UAE facilities and physically damaged infrastructure in Bahrain.
Following initial damage in March, AWS recommended customers migrate workloads, though the Bahrain region became unavailable in April following a second zone disruption, leaving inaccessible data unrecoverable.
Amazon indicated it is working to replace affected UAE infrastructure, with service restoration updates expected in the coming months, while a further status update for Bahrain is scheduled for early 2027.
The UAE is revising plans for major AI data-center projects by considering dispersing facilities and utilizing underground, blast-resistant infrastructure to mitigate future risks following the Iranian attacks.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is unable to restore access to its cloud computing infrastructure in Bahrain and to one of the three data hosting areas in the United Arab Emirates after the damage suffered during the conflict with Iran, according to a status report obtained exclusively by Reuters. Amazon's cloud computing arm reported that the damage in Bahrain has reached multiple availability zones (AZ, in English acronym), sets formed by one or mor…