Amazon: AWS outage in Bahrain region caused by drone activity in the Middle East

Amazon’s cloud computing division AWS is once again affected by Middle East conflicts, with its Bahrain region experiencing service disruptions due to drone activity. This is the second time this month that the region has been impacted.

According to Reuters, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed that AWS Bahrain region services have experienced an “interruption” caused by local drone activity.

Amazon stated that it is assisting customers in migrating workloads to other AWS regions but did not disclose the extent of the damage or the expected recovery time. As of Monday evening, AWS has not updated this information on its status page.

In a statement, Amazon said, “As the situation develops, we advise customers with workloads in the affected areas to continue migrating to other locations.” This disruption highlights the ongoing threat that conflicts in the Middle East pose to global cloud infrastructure, and as Amazon’s most profitable segment, AWS’s stability is closely watched by the market.

This is the second disruption this month, after UAE facilities previously suffered structural damage

The Bahrain outage is the second incident since the outbreak of the US-Israel war affecting AWS Bahrain region due to drone activity. Earlier this month, AWS reported power outages at facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, requiring workloads to be transferred to other regions.

Reuters previously reported that the attack on UAE facilities marked the first time a military action disrupted the operations of major U.S. tech data centers. Amazon stated at the time that due to structural damage to the facilities, recovery was expected to be “quite lengthy.” On its status page, AWS described the impact as: “These strikes caused structural damage, interrupted power supply to the infrastructure, and in some cases triggered fire suppression measures, resulting in additional water damage.”

Amazon also noted that the Bahrain region had previously been affected by a drone strike near one of its facilities.

Direct attack or nearby explosion, Amazon did not specify

Amazon did not clarify whether the Bahrain facility was directly hit by a drone or affected by an explosion nearby. The company also did not provide further details on the extent of the damage or how long the disruption might last.

AWS is a core business unit of Amazon Cloud Computing, relied upon by many well-known websites and government operations, and is a major driver of Amazon’s overall profits. Ongoing disruptions due to Middle East conflicts are raising broader concerns about the geopolitical risks to technological infrastructure.

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