Amazon Web Services confirms damage after drone strikes in the Middle East

Amazon’s data centers located in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were damaged this weekend by drone strikes, disrupting the company’s cloud services, Amazon reported. On its Amazon Web Services status page. Two Emirati facilities were directly bombed, and a drone strike near an Amazon facility in Bahrain caused some infrastructure damage.

“These strikes caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” the company said in a statement. “We are working closely with local authorities and prioritizing the safety of our employees during recovery efforts.”

An Amazon representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Over the weekend, the United States and Israel Air strikes were launched Against Iran after escalating tensions over nuclear and regional activities. Iran responded with Missile and drone attacks Across the region, some of those drones hit AWS facilities. The UAE and Bahrain are allies of the United States.

On Monday, the company warned customers in parts of the Middle East of extended delivery times and delays due to the attacks. CNBC reports Amazon locations in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates are now alerting customers of delivery delays.