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Amazon’s cloud computing division experienced significant power and connectivity disruptions at its data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on Monday, coinciding with Iranian retaliatory attacks across the Gulf region that targeted airports, ports, and residential areas.<\/p>

According to the company’s status page, two data center clusters operated by Amazon Web Services in the UAE lost power on Monday. The tech giant had previously reported on Sunday that one UAE zone was impacted when unspecified objects hit the facility, causing sparks and flames that forced officials to cut power to the site.<\/p>

“We can confirm that a localized power issue has affected another availability zone” in the UAE region, Amazon Web Services stated.<\/p>

While the cloud computing provider reported some service restoration in the region earlier Monday, it has since advised customers to use its services in other geographic areas. The company warned that full recovery would be “multiple hours away.”<\/p>

When questioned about potential connections between the UAE incident and the Iranian military strikes, Amazon declined to confirm or deny any link.<\/p>

Amazon Web Services also acknowledged experiencing localized power problems at one of its operational zones in Bahrain during the same timeframe.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amazon’s cloud computing division experienced major power and connectivity problems at data centers in Bahrain and the UAE on Monday. The disruptions occurred as Iranian retaliatory attacks targeted infrastructure across the Gulf region, with one UAE facility reportedly struck by objects that caused sparks and fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1772441131401.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-7PZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29940,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/fire-breaks-out-at-amazon-data-center-in-uae-after-objects-strike-facility\/","url_meta":{"origin":30131,"position":0},"title":"Fire Breaks Out at Amazon Data Center in UAE After Objects Strike Facility","author":"Admin","date":"March 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazon's cloud computing division temporarily shut down power at a UAE data center after debris struck the building, causing sparks and igniting a fire. 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