Individuals stroll previous the emblem of Amazon Internet Providers (AWS) at its exhibitor stall on the India Cellular Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a conference and expo heart in New Delhi, India, October 8, 2025.
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Amazon‘s information heart in Bahrain was focused by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the corporate’s assist of the U.S. navy, Iranian state media mentioned Wednesday.
The corporate’s cloud computing unit mentioned Monday that one among its amenities in Bahrain was broken because of a close-by drone strike on Sunday. Two information facilities within the United Arab Emirates have been additionally broken after they have been “instantly struck” by drones.
The entire amenities stay offline, based on the Amazon Internet Providers well being dashboard.
The assault in Bahrain was launched “to determine the position of those facilities in supporting the enemy’s navy and intelligence actions,” Iran’s Fars Information Company mentioned on Telegram.
The incidents got here after joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran over the weekend. Iran has retaliated in opposition to Israeli and U.S. bases throughout the Gulf.
Representatives from Amazon did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
Along with structural injury, the information facilities additionally skilled energy disruptions and a few water injury after firefighters labored to place out sparks and hearth. Some in style AWS purposes skilled “elevated error charges and degraded availability” because of the incident.
AWS suggested cloud clients to again up their information, think about migrating their workloads to different areas and direct site visitors away from Bahrain and the UAE.
AWS introduced its Bahrain area in 2019, and it hosts important workloads for governments there. The corporate additionally operates a company workplace in Bahrain that’s primarily for AWS workers.
Earlier this week, Amazon instructed all of its company workers within the Center East to work remotely and “observe native authorities tips” amid escalating instability within the area.
