People walk past the Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo at an exhibitor booth at India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi convention and exhibition center in New Delhi, India, on October 8, 2025.
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AmazonIranian state media reported on Wednesday that the company’s data center in Bahrain was targeted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps due to the company’s support for the US military.
The company’s cloud computing division announced Monday that one of its facilities in Bahrain was damaged in a nearby drone attack on Sunday. Two data centers in the United Arab Emirates were also damaged by “direct hits” from drones.
All facilities remain offline, according to the Amazon Web Services Health Dashboard.
Iran’s Fars News Agency said on Telegram that the attack on Bahrain was launched “to determine the role of these centers in supporting the enemy’s military and intelligence activities.”
The incident occurred after the United States and Israel jointly attacked Iran over the weekend. Iran retaliated against Israeli and US bases across the Gulf.
Amazon declined to comment.
In addition to structural damage, the data center also suffered power outages and some water damage after firefighters worked to extinguish sparks and fires. The incident resulted in “increased error rates and reduced availability” for some popular AWS applications.
AWS advised its cloud customers to back up their data, consider migrating workloads to other regions, and move traffic away from Bahrain and the UAE.
AWS announced the launch of the Bahrain Region in 2019, where it hosts critical government workloads. The company also operates an office in Bahrain that primarily serves AWS employees.
Amazon earlier this week directed all employees in the Middle East to work remotely and “follow local government guidelines” as instability in the region escalates.
