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AWS can't restore data from Iran-struck Mideast sites
The gist
AWS said it cannot restore some customer data from Gulf data centers hit by Iranian drones.
The admission raises questions about cloud resilience in a region building AI infrastructure.
How it unfolded
- Mar 2026AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain were hit by drone attacks during the conflict with Iran; two UAE facilities were directly struck, and a drone strike close to a Bahrain facility damaged infrastructure including buildings and power supplies.
- Mar 2026After the first availability zone in Bahrain was damaged, AWS began recommending customers migrate workloads to other regions, warning a full recovery could take a long time.
- Apr 2026A second disruption rendered the Bahrain region completely unavailable; most customers had migrated before this.