Amazon announced Wednesday morning that cloud data was permanently lost after Iranian drone strikes hit AWS data centers in Bahrain and the UAE, disabling them. The company is now evaluating construction of protected underground facilities in the Gulf.
Amazon announced this morning that cloud data stored in its AWS data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates was permanently lost as a result of Iranian drone strikes that struck and disabled the facilities. The company is now evaluating the construction of hardened underground data centers in the Gulf region, according to the announcement.
The Zioneer has previously reported on a series of Iranian strikes targeting U.S. and commercial infrastructure in the Gulf. In July, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have destroyed an Amazon facility in Bahrain. Satellite imagery later indicated damage to a facility identified as an AWS data center in Bahrain, though the cause could not be independently verified. Earlier reporting documented significant damage to U.S. Fifth Fleet installations in Bahrain from Iranian attacks.
The extent of the data loss and the specific AWS services affected have not been detailed. Amazon's announcement follows months of escalating Iranian drone and missile strikes against Gulf state infrastructure as part of the broader regional conflict.
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