- Iran says drone attacks on AWS facilities in Bahrain and UAE were intentional
- Amazon only noted “sparks and fire” caused by “objects”
- Iran says ‘structural damage’ also inflicted
Iran’s Fars news agency has claimed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deliberately targeted Amazon data centers in drone strikes, alleging that the facilities supported US military and intelligence operations.
Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates were reportedly affected earlier this week, and another facility in Bahrain was damaged by a nearby drone strike, bringing down parts of Amazon’s cloud services in the region.
Amazon only claimed that “objects” hit its United Arab Emirates data center, causing “sparks and fires,” but the company did not directly link the incident to the ongoing conflict in the region.
Iran claims responsibility for AWS outages in UAE and Bahrain
“This action was taken to identify the role of these centers in supporting the enemy’s military and intelligence activities,” the Fars news agency said in a Telegram post (translated via Google Translate).
“Two centers in the United Arab Emirates were directly hit and a center in Bahrain also suffered serious physical damage,” it continued.
Amazon’s official update only talks about power outages caused by the fire and that it was waiting for permission to turn the power back on to bring services back online. Fars also notes that “structural damage” and “serious physical damage” were inflicted.
TechRadar Pro has contacted Amazon to confirm these comments, but the company did not immediately respond.
Amazon is not the only company facing problems in the Middle East – Fars News Agency. “The attack on Amazon and Microsoft in these operations has dealt a severe blow to the enemy’s technological and information infrastructure,” the Telegram post reads.
As for future plans, it is unclear how the two companies will approach regional investments. AWS had committed to spending $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia to launch a new cloud region, while Microsoft is planning a much larger investment of $15.2 billion in the United Arab Emirates between 2023 and 2029.
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