Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones “Hard Down” in Bahrain and Dubai
Summary
The article reports that Iranian strikes have rendered two AWS availability zones in Dubai and Bahrain “hard down,” with AWS advising customers to migrate workloads to other regions and to operate with a minimal footprint for resilience. It cites an internal Amazon memo and a company blog post, noting no timeline for restoration and highlighting broader Gulf-region disruption and threats to tech infrastructure. The piece also references prior strikes on Bahrain and UAE facilities and places these events in the context of geopolitical risk to cloud services.