Amazon Cloud Amenities in Center East Knocked Out by Obvious Iranian Drone Strikes

According to Amazon, drone strikes within the Center East have focused internet infrastructure “immediately,” leading to a number of knowledge facilities being taken offline. 

Yesterday there was a report of “sparks and a hearth” at an Amazon cloud facility within the United Arab Emirates, and a brief, deliberate shutdown. Reuters asked Amazon yesterday for affirmation that Iranian strikes had brought on the issue, however Amazon “didn’t verify or deny.” 

Amazon’s Health Dashboard now has an update, and the difficulty is extra critical than had been beforehand reported, spanning three amenities in two international locations. Along with two direct impacts within the UAE, a Bahrain facility was broken not directly as a result of a close-by explosion. Iran will not be named, however drone strikes from some supply or one other have resulted in structural injury, blackouts, and fires that triggered water-based hearth suppression programs—leading to water injury. 

“As well as, we will verify that the AWS Administration Console and command line interface (CLI) are disrupted by the failure of two Availability Zones,” the assertion says.

Inside Iran, web connectivity has been almost entirely cut off since the start of the U.S.-Israeli military campaign on February 28, an data blackout consultants blame on the Iranian regime itself.

As was the case with final month’s web shutdown in Iran, a small quantity of site visitors continues to make its method into the nation.

The nation’s recently-developed system of whitelisting permits exceptions to web blocks for folks loyal to the government. pic.twitter.com/gxbsJM1sRz

— Doug Madory (additionally on Bluesky) (@DougMadory) February 28, 2026

Nonetheless, there may be additionally reportedly an energetic cyber-offensive targeting Iran. Attackers seem to have overridden Iranian information web sites, for example, including messages urging Iranians to take up arms in opposition to the ruling regime. 

The Well being Dashboard merchandise for the Amazon situation lists the severity of the issue as “Disrupted” within the UAE and “Impacted” in Bahrain, and says the scenario for its operations within the area is “unpredictable.” It comprises ideas for patrons together with backing up knowledge, migrating knowledge out of the Center East fully, and rolling out any “catastrophe restoration plans” prospects would possibly have already got in place.