Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters

Iranian Drones Hit Amazon Data Centers

Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's vulnerability to conflict. The company's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, said late Monday that two data centers in the...

Commercial data centers emerge as targets in modern warfare after drones hit 3 AWS facilities

Amazon Web Services is grappling with widespread service disruptions this week after drone strikes severely damaged three of the cloud provider’s data centers in the Middle East during a surge of intense military actions in the region. According to a series of updates officials are posting on the AWS Health Dashboard about the situation and their ongoing response efforts, military drones “directly struck” two facilities in the United Arab Emirat…

Amazon data centers struck, damaged by drone strikes in Middle East

Amazon on Tuesday said three data centers in the Middle East were recovering from drone strikes that left some of their customers without service.  “In the UAE [United Arab Emirates], two of our facilities were directly struck, while in Bahrain, a drone strike in close proximity to one of our facilities caused physical impacts to…

Data centers are caught in the crossfire of the Iran war

The NewsDrone strikes in retaliation for the US-Israel attack on Iran have hit multiple Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, raising concerns about the physical security of data centers across the region.The Gulf has sunk billions of dollars into building AI infrastructure — touting access to swaths of land and huge quantities of cheap, clean energy — in hopes of becoming a global hub for AI. Global tech companies like Mi…

Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry's vulnerability to physical disasters

Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services sites in the Middle East, exposing how vulnerable cloud data centers are in conflict.