Drone strikes hit Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain amid ongoing Middle East conflict

In a post on its health dashboard Monday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) confirmed that two of its facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly hit.

A separate drone strike near an AWS data center in Bahrain also caused damage to that site.

“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,” the company said.

AWS added that operations in the Middle East remain “significantly impaired,” with customers experiencing “elevated error rates and degraded availability for services.”

The company said it is working to restore services and repair physical damage but cautioned that the “broader operating environment in the Middle East remains unpredictable.”

Amazon advised customers in the region to back up data and consider migrating workloads to servers in other regions as a precaution.

Shares of Amazon fell $3.40, or 1.6%, to $204.99 in early trading following the disclosure.

Meanwhile, in a shift from his earlier hardline posture, US President Donald Trump said “boots on the ground” may not be necessary following the attack on the US embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, media reports said.

Speaking to NewsNation, Trump said, “We’re doing a lot of damage. We’re inflicting tremendous damage on them,” without elaborating on immediate next steps.

Asked how Washington would retaliate for the Riyadh attack, he responded cryptically: “You’ll find out soon.”