Drone attack hits AWS Bahrain data centre, prompting outages and damage
Mar 24th 2026 ยท Bahrain
Amazon Web Services said drone activity at its ME-SOUTH-1 Bahrain data centre caused structural and power damage and water damage from fire suppression, forcing customer migrations and a prolonged recovery.
- AWS confirmed drone activity at its ME-SOUTH-1 Bahrain region caused structural and power damage and triggered fire suppression systems
- The strikes produced water damage to equipment and disrupted power delivery to at least one availability zone
- Amazon is helping customers migrate workloads to other regions and has urged activation of disaster recovery plans
- AWS warned recovery will be prolonged given the physical damage and has not provided a full restoration timeline
- The incident is the second reported strike on AWS Gulf infrastructure in weeks and follows earlier drone attacks that disrupted UAE services and were claimed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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- Exclusive: Amazon says AWS' Bahrain region 'disrupted' following drone activity www.reuters.com
- Iran Hits Amazon Web Services Building In Bahrain, Triggers Power Disruption & Structural Damages www.freepressjournal.in
- Amazon Says Its Cloud Facilities Were Disrupted Again Due to War in Iran gizmodo.com