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Amazon Says Two Data Centers in the UAE Have Been Hit
AWS confirms structural damage and prolonged recovery after drone strikes hit facilities in the UAE and near Bahrain.
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Amazon has confirmed that two of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates were “directly struck” by drone attacks, causing significant disruption to its cloud computing services and impacting financial institutions across the region.
In a statement posted on its official status page, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company’s cloud unit, said the incidents resulted in structural damage and service outages.
“In the UAE, two of our facilities were directly struck, while in Bahrain, a drone strike in close proximity to one of our facilities caused physical impact to our infrastructure,” AWS said in the update.
The company revealed that the strikes led to structural damage, disrupted power delivery systems and, in some cases, triggered fire suppression systems that caused additional water damage to critical infrastructure.
“These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” AWS stated.
AWS warned that recovery efforts are likely to take time due to the extent of the physical damage sustained.
“We are working to restore full service availability as quickly as possible, though we expect recovery to be prolonged given the nature of the physical damage involved,” the company added.
Earlier, AWS had reported that “objects” had triggered a fire on Sunday, prompting authorities to cut power to a cluster of Amazon data centres in the UAE as a safety precaution. The latest update clarifies that drone strikes were responsible for the direct damage.
The outage has affected several businesses that rely on AWS infrastructure, including financial institutions operating in the region. Many banks and fintech firms depend on AWS for cloud hosting, data storage and digital banking platforms, leading to service disruptions for customers.
The incident underscores the vulnerability of critical digital infrastructure amid escalating regional tensions, as cloud services play a central role in powering government systems, banking operations, e-commerce and enterprise networks across the Middle East.
Authorities have not yet released further details regarding the source of the drone strikes. Meanwhile, AWS continues to assess the damage and coordinate recovery operations to bring its UAE and Bahrain facilities back to full capacity.