AWS Cannot Restore Bahrain Cloud Region, 1 UAE Zone After War Damage
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Updated · InfoWorld · Sep 29
AWS Cannot Restore Bahrain Cloud Region, 1 UAE Zone After War Damage
3 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Sep 29
Summary
AWS said damage from the Iran war has left its Bahrain cloud region unavailable and one of three UAE availability zones—mec1-az2—still unrestorable.
Missile and drone strikes hit two AWS facilities in the UAE and damaged infrastructure near a Bahrain site; AWS said the Bahrain impact spanned multiple zones and exceeded multi-AZ resilience design.
The disruption began in March, a second Bahrain zone failed in April, and AWS now expects a UAE update only in coming months and a Bahrain update in early 2027.
Customers with data or workloads confined to the affected zone are being moved to other regions, underscoring that cloud redundancy can fail when physical war damage hits multiple facilities.