Amazon says drone strikes have damaged 3 facilities in the UAE and Bahrain
People walk through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) exhibit at the National Retail Federation (NRF) 2026: Retail’s Big Show, in New York City, US, on January 12, 2026.
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Amazon Web Services said late Monday that two data centers in United Arab Emirates And drone strikes took damage taking facilities in Bahrain offline.
The incident took place on Sunday morning, the company posted AWS Health Dashboard When “objects” hit data centers in the UAE, “sparks and fires” occur. The company also said it was investigating power and connectivity issues at a site in Bahrain.
In the company’s latest update at 7:19 EST, it acknowledged that the outage was caused Drone attacks Linked to the “ongoing conflict in the Middle East”.
“In the UAE, two of our facilities were directly attacked, while in Bahrain, a drone attack near one of our facilities caused material impact to our infrastructure,” AWS said. “These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required firefighting activities that have resulted in additional water damage.”
AWS said it is working to quickly restore service in the area, but expects recovery to be lengthy “given the nature of the physical damage.” The company said it would share an update on the situation on or before midnight if new information becomes available.
While it is repairing physical damage to data centers, AWS said it is also working to restore data access and service availability in affected areas, which does not require bringing facilities fully back online.
AWS warned that instability in the Middle East is likely to continue, making operations “unpredictable”.
It said customers with workloads in the region should consider taking steps to mitigate the effects of the conflict, including backing up their data or migrating their workloads to other AWS regions.
Earlier on Monday, Amazon warned Delivery delays to customers in the Middle East Iran Targeted the region with missiles and drones in response to US-Israeli strikes.
It added a notice to its top markets in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the UAE notifying customers of “extended delivery times in your area”.
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