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Amazon's AWS Facilities in Bahrain, UAE Still Not Restored From Iran War Damage

Published

17 September 2026

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technology

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Cloud Infrastructure

◆ Geography

Middle East

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Fusion42 · 17 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Amazon AWS cloud facilities in Bahrain and the UAE remain unrepaired months after damage from drone strikes linked to Iran war conflicts, impacting regional cloud availability and prompting migration of customers to other regions.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, and 10 sources have reported it between 15 Sep 2026 and 17 Sep 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Your cloud deployments in the Gulf face ongoing risk from physical conflict and limited recovery options. Now is the time to diversify data region dependencies away from high-risk zones like Bahrain and the UAE to secure availability.

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10 sources · first reported 15 Sep 2026 · latest 17 Sep 2026

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Cloud Infrastructurecloud-outagemiddle-east-conflictawsdata-centerinfrastructure-damagegeo-risk