Amazon said on Monday that its Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain had been “disrupted” amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, marking the second such incident in a month, reports Reuters.
The disruption was caused by drone activity in the area, an Amazon spokesperson said in response to a Reuters inquiry. However, the company did not confirm whether its Bahrain facility was directly hit or affected by nearby strikes. As of Monday night, AWS had not updated its official status page to reflect the disruption.
Amazon said it is assisting customers in migrating workloads to alternative AWS regions while recovery efforts continue, though it did not specify the extent of the damage or provide a timeline for restoration. “As this situation evolves, we request customers with workloads in affected regions to continue migrating to other locations,” the company said in a statement.
AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing arm, powers a wide range of websites, businesses, and government services, and remains the company’s primary profit driver.
This marks the second instance of drone-related disruption to AWS operations in the region since the start of the U.S.-Israel conflict involving Iran. Earlier this month, AWS reported power outages at facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, prompting a shift of computing workloads to other regions.
At the time, Amazon warned of a “prolonged” recovery due to structural damage. “These strikes caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” AWS said in an earlier update.
The company also noted that the Bahrain region had previously been affected by a drone strike near one of its facilities, underscoring the growing risks to critical digital infrastructure amid escalating regional tensions.
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