Amazon Bahrain facility targeted for U.S. military support: Iran media
People walk past the logo of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the exhibitor booth at the India Mobile Congress 2025 at Yashobhoomi, a convention and exhibition center in New Delhi, India, on October 8, 2025.
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AmazonA data center in Bahrain was targeted by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps because of the company’s support for the US military, Iranian state media said on Wednesday.
The company’s cloud computing unit said on Monday that one of its facilities in Bahrain was damaged by a nearby drone strike on Sunday. Two data centers in the United Arab Emirates were also damaged after being “directly hit” by drones.
Accordingly, all facilities remain offline Amazon Web Services health dashboard.
Iran’s Fars News Agency said the attack in Bahrain was launched “in order to determine the role of these centers in supporting the enemy’s military and intelligence activities.” on Telegram.
The incidents followed joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran over the weekend. Iran retaliated against Israeli and US bases in the Gulf.
Amazon declined to comment.
In addition to the structural damage, the data centers also experienced power outages and some water damage after firefighters attempted to extinguish the sparks and fire. Some popular AWS applications experienced “high error rates and low availability” due to the incident.
AWS advised its cloud customers to back up their data, consider moving workloads to other regions, and route traffic away from Bahrain and the UAE.
AWS announced In 2019, Bahrain is hosting significant workloads for the region and its governments. The company also has a corporate office in Bahrain, primarily for AWS employees.
Earlier this week, Amazon instructed all corporate employees in the Middle East to work remotely and “follow local government guidelines” amid growing instability in the region.
