AWS reports prolonged outage in Bahrain and a UAE zone after Iran war damage
Amazon Web Services said its Bahrain data centre and one UAE availability zone remain offline after damage caused by the Iran war.
A status update from AWS confirmed that infrastructure in Bahrain suffered damage across multiple availability zones, preventing restoration of service. The same update noted that one of three zones in the United Arab Emirates is also affected. AWS indicated the damage exceeded the resilience built into its regional and multi-AZ designs. Customers in Bahrain are being assisted to move workloads to other regions. No timeline for full recovery was provided.
Why it matters
The outage disrupts cloud services for businesses in Bahrain and the UAE, showing how regional conflicts can impact global digital infrastructure.
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