AWS Data Centers Hit by Drone Strikes in Middle East. Amazon Web Services confirmed that drone strikes damaged two data centers in the United Arab Emirates and one facility in Bahrain on Sunday morning, forcing all three offline. The company's EC2, S3 storage, and DynamoDB services experienced elevated error rates and degraded availability following the incident. AWS stated the strikes caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery, and required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage. The company expects recovery to be prolonged given the physical damage involved and warned that instability is likely to continue in the Middle East, making operations unpredictable. AWS has advised customers with workloads in the region to consider backing up data or migrating to other regions to mitigate potential impacts from the ongoing conflict.
