Amazon Cloud Services In Bahrain 'Disrupted' by Drones Amid Iran War

Amazon’s cloud business suffered another disruption in Bahrain as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, the company confirmed.

The disruption was the result of drone activity in the area, Reuters reported late Monday. That marks the second time this month that Amazon Web Services’ cloud offering has been disrupted by the Iran war.

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Amazon is “working closely with local authorities and prioritizing the safety of our personnel throughout our recovery efforts,” an AWS spokesperson told Investor’s Business Daily in an email Tuesday morning.

“We continue to support affected customers, helping them to migrate to alternate AWS Regions, with a large number already successfully operating their applications from other parts of the world,” the spokesperson said. “As this situation evolves and, as we have advised before, we request those with workloads in the affected regions continue to migrate to other locations.”

AWS opened its first data centers in Bahrain in 2019 and the United Arab Emirates in 2022.

But those data centers have come under threat in the war between Iran and the U.S. and Israel.

Services at Amazon’s data center in Bahrain and two others in the UAE were disrupted at the start of the month. The UAE data centers were “directly struck”  while its Bahrain facility was damaged by a drone strike in proximity to the data center, AWS said in a March 2 customer update.

Amazon Stock Down 9% Year-To-Date

On the stock market today, Amazon stock shed a fraction to 208.83 in premarket trading.

Concerns about the impact of the war in Iran have added to a rough year for Amazon stock. Fears about rising gas prices have weighed on Amazon and U.S. stocks more broadly.

Stocks posted a relief rally Monday after President Donald Trump said he was holding “productive” talks with Iran and would delay attacks on that country’s energy sites for five days. Amazon added 2.3% to set up a test of its 21-day moving average in Tuesday’s trading. But early action point to the stock remaining below the short-term support level.

Amazon stock has lost 6% since Feb. 5, when the company reported fourth-quarter results. Investors reacted negatively to the company’s plan to spend $200 billion on capital expenditures this year, focused on data centers.

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