Amazon says AWS Bahrain region ‘disrupted’ following drone activity

The disruption marks the second time in a month that AWS operations have been affected by the Iran war.United States tech giant Amazon has said its Amazon-web-services" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="15962" data-entity-type="organization">Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain was “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle ⁠East, following Iran’s threats to target US offices and infrastructure run by top US companies.An Amazon spokesperson on Monday confirmed the disruption due to drone activity, the Reuters news agency reported, marking the second time in a month that the company’s operations have been affected by the war.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Where do reported US-Iran ‘negotiations’ leave Israel?list 2 of 3Top EU official calls for negotiations with Iran and an end to warlist 3 of 3Despite Trump’s peace talk claims, US-Israeli attacks continue to hit Iranend of listAmazon did not immediately comment on whether its Bahrain facility was directly hit by a drone attack or ‌if the disruption was due to nearby attacks.The company said it was helping to migrate customers to alternate AWS regions while it recovers, though it did not provide additional details such as the extent of the damage or how long it anticipates the disruption to last.“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,” Amazon ⁠told Reuters in a statement Monday night.AWS is Amazon’s cloud computing unit ⁠and is critical for the operation of many well-known websites and government operations. It is also the company’s main driver of profits.Earlier this month, AWS reported that facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates had lost power and that it was working to transfer computing workloads ⁠to other regions.Amazon said at the time that the Bahrain region was affected by a drone attack in proximity to one of its facilities. The attack on the UAE facility was the first time military action had disrupted a major US tech company’s data centre.