Drone strikes knock out AWS facilities in UAE and Bahrain, cloud services disrupted
Drone strikes knock out AWS facilities in UAE and Bahrain, cloud services disrupted
AWS confirms drone attacks hit three data centres in the Gulf region, triggering outages across major cloud services.
Amazon Web Services confirmed a significant disruption to its cloud infrastructure after drone strikes hit facilities in the Gulf region. On March 1, AWS acknowledged that one data centre was struck, causing sparks and a fire. By March 2, the company said three facilities were affected due to drone activity in the United Arab Emirates and a facility in Bahrain. The outages, linked to the Iran–drone incidents in the area, have significantly impaired operations in the Middle East regions.
According to the AWS health dashboard, the Middle East (UAE) Region (ME-CENTRAL-1) and the Middle East (Bahrain) Region (ME-SOUTH-1) are “significantly impaired.” The two facilities in the UAE were directly struck, while the Bahrain site was impacted by a nearby drone strike. AWS noted physical damage to infrastructure, disrupted power delivery, and in some cases fire suppression that resulted in additional water damage. Customers have faced higher error rates and degraded availability across core services.
The company is actively working to restore services, but recovery is expected to be prolonged due to severe physical damage. AWS intends to restore data access and service availability through software-based recovery that does not rely on affected facilities, and will provide an update as the situation evolves. The incidents underscore how regional tensions can translate into tangible risks for digital infrastructure and global cloud operations.
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