Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain remain mostly offline. These facilities have been inactive for more than six months following Iranian drone strikes.
The March 2026 retaliatory barrage caused significant fire and water damage to the infrastructure. AWS is now advising customers to migrate data and workloads to other regions.
The prolonged outage complicates the United Arab Emirates' goals to become a global artificial intelligence hub. This incident underscores the vulnerability of digital infrastructure located in conflict zones.