Amazon data centers in Bahrain hit again by Iranian drone attacks
This is the second time this month that fighting has directly impacted the tech giant's operations in the region.
This is the second time this month that fighting has directly impacted the tech giant's operations in the region.
Amazon has reported major outages at its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing unit in Bahrain, caused by drone activity amid the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.
An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the outage in response to a Reuters request. The company did not specify whether its Bahrain facilities were directly hit or whether infrastructure was affected by attacks in nearby areas. As of Monday evening, AWS's official status page did not yet reflect the extent of the problem.
AWS management is currently actively helping customers move their computing workloads to alternative regions. The exact recovery timeline and extent of damage are not yet disclosed.
"As the situation evolves, we continue to ask those whose projects are located in the affected regions to continue migrating to other locations," the company said in an official statement.
The incident follows a series of attacks that began earlier this month, when AWS reported power outages at its facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
Also, as a result of the war between Israel and the United States against Iran, the Meta "2Africa" submarine cable project, which was supposed to connect the coastal states of Africa with Europe and Asia, was under threat .
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