Amazon says drones hit 3 of its Middle East data centers amid Iran conflict [View all]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: March 3, 2026 / 10:14 AM EST / CBS News


Amazon said drones struck three of its Middle East data centers, causing outages related to the "ongoing conflict in the Middle East."

Drones directly struck two Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates, and a drone strike near an Amazon data center in Bahrain also damaged that facility, the company said in a post on Monday on AWS's health dashboard.

"These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage," AWS said.

Operations in the Middle East remain "significantly impaired," AWS said, noting that "customers are experiencing elevated error rates and degraded availability for services."

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