Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain hit by drone strikes, services disrupted
Amazon reported that drone strikes damaged three data centers in the Middle East, disrupting services for customers in the region.

Amazon announced Tuesday that three of its data centers in the Middle East sustained damage from drone strikes, resulting in service disruptions for customers in the region.
Two Amazon facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck by drones, while a third data center in Bahrain suffered physical damage from a drone strike that occurred in close proximity to the facility, according to the company.
The attacks caused Amazon's cloud services in the affected areas to go offline, leaving some customers without access to their systems and applications hosted on Amazon's infrastructure.
Amazon stated that the facilities were recovering from the strikes, though the company did not provide a timeline for full service restoration or specify the extent of the damage to its equipment and infrastructure.
The incidents occurred amid broader regional tensions, though Amazon did not provide details about the source of the drone attacks or link them to any specific conflict or group.
The disruptions highlight the vulnerability of critical internet infrastructure to physical attacks and the potential for regional conflicts to affect global technology services.