Amazon’s Middle East data centers damaged by Iran drone and missile attacks will be down for several mont… Amazon says that it will take months before it can re
Amazon's data centers in Bahrain and the UAE have sustained damage from Iranian drone and missile attacks, leading to extended downtime for its ME-CENTRAL-1 and ME-SOUTH-1 regions. The company estimates repairs will take several months, during which billing for affected customers has been suspended. Amazon is advising clients to migrate resources to other regions and restore data from backups due to the ongoing conflict and potential for further disruptions. AI
IMPACT Disruptions to AWS Middle East data centers could impact AI/ML workloads relying on these specific regions for training or inference.