Amazons Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted an Amazon Web Services data center in Bahrain over the company's alleged support for U.S. military activities, and state media reported nearby drone strikes damaged the facility. AWS confirmed one Bahrain site and two data centers in the UAE were damaged and remain offline, with power disruptions, some water damage, and elevated error rates for certain applications. AWS advised customers to back up data, consider migrating workloads to other regions, and reroute traffic away from Bahrain and the UAE, and it instructed corporate employees in the Middle East to work remotely. The incidents follow recent U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran and subsequent regional retaliation, and Amazon has not independently verified the IRGC's claims.
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