Three Amazon Middle East data centers were attacked by drones; some services cannot be restored in the short term.

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Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud computing division, experienced drone attacks in the Middle East leading to physical damage at its facilities, raising the risk of regional cloud service interruptions and highlighting the direct impact of geopolitical conflicts on critical digital infrastructure.

According to Bloomberg, Amazon stated that drones recently “directly hit” two of its facilities in the UAE, and damaged infrastructure near a facility in Bahrain. The company said, due to the physical damage, a full recovery is expected to be a prolonged process.

On the service level, Amazon alerted customers to higher error rates and decreased availability. The company said that two regional data center hubs “remain severely damaged”; the third regional hub is operating normally, but some services are indirectly affected due to their reliance on the impacted hubs.

For the market, this incident further amplifies the economic spillover effect of the conflict. Bloomberg said the conflict has shaken many parts of the Middle East and has reached the global energy market, causing oil prices to surge. Out of risk considerations, oil tanker shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has almost halted, and uncertainty in the regional business environment has increased accordingly.

Damaged facilities confirmed, two hubs “remain severely damaged”

Amazon said on Tuesday that of its three regional data center hubs, two “remain severely damaged”. The company also noted that the third hub is currently operating normally, but “some services are indirectly affected due to their reliance on the impacted hubs.”

Amazon disclosed for the first time that drones “directly hit” two of its facilities in the UAE. In Bahrain, the company said a drone attack near its facility damaged related infrastructure.

Recovery expected to be prolonged, customers advised to back up and migrate workloads

Amazon stated it is working to quickly restore full service availability, but given the nature of the physical damage, recovery will be lengthy. The company said customers are currently facing higher error rates and decreased availability.

As a countermeasure, Amazon recommends customers in the Middle East back up their data and consider migrating workloads to other Amazon regions. Amazon also disclosed it operates 39 regions and a total of 123 data center availability zones globally.

Conflict spillover intensifies business uncertainty, impact spreads from energy market to enterprise operations

Amazon pointed out that even as repair work progresses, ongoing regional conflict means the overall operating environment in the Middle East “remains unpredictable.” The company said it would not comment further beyond publicly released information.

Bloomberg said the scope of impact from the conflict is expanding and explosions have been heard in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.

The economic shock has spread to the global energy market, oil prices are rising, and oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has nearly halted due to risks. Coupled with cloud service interruption risks, businesses and investors are increasingly focused on regional supply chain and operational continuity.

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