AWS Data Centers in the Middle East Remain Offline for Months Following Drone Damage

Sat, 02 May 2026 11:42:00 +0200

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly facing an extended recovery period after its cloud infrastructure in the Middle East suffered significant damage due to drone strikes. According to an AWS dashboard update dated April 30, the company’s regions in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were impacted by conflict-related events, rendering key data centers unable to support customer workloads. The disruption is linked to reported Iranian drone attacks that allegedly struck multiple facilities in early 2026, affecting critical cloud infrastructure used by businesses across the region.

AWS stated that restoring full functionality will take several months, meaning that some customers could experience a total outage duration approaching half a year. During this period, billing operations for the affected regions have been suspended, and customers have been advised to migrate workloads to alternative AWS regions to maintain service continuity. The company also recommended using remote back