Amazon reports drones struck three data centres in UAE and Bahrain
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Amazon Web Services said drone strikes caused structural damage, disrupted power and water systems, and forced outages at two data centres in the United Arab Emirates and one facility in Bahrain.
Why it matters
Physical hits to data centre infrastructure reduce available cloud capacity in the Gulf and make it harder to guarantee continuity for workloads hosted locally. Repair timelines are uncertain because damaged power delivery and water-affected equipment require inspection and remediation before full services can resume.
Implications
- • IT operations teams at organisations using AWS in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain must back up data and migrate critical workloads to alternate regions to preserve continuity.
- • AWS infrastructure and incident-response teams must prioritise restoring power and connectivity, assess water and structural damage, and sequence recoveries to avoid further equipment harm.
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