Overview
- AWS said Monday its Bahrain cloud region was disrupted by drone activity, marking a second hit this month.
- Amazon is moving customer workloads to alternate regions during recovery and has not detailed the damage or restoration window.
- Earlier March strikes in the UAE and near Bahrain caused structural damage, power loss, and water damage from fire suppression systems, according to AWS updates.
- The company says it is working with local authorities in Bahrain and is prioritizing employee safety during on‑site efforts.
- The repeated outages show how conflict can knock out services that depend on a single cloud region, pushing banks and consumer apps to plan for multi‑region resilience.