AWS facilities hit by drones in the UAE, plus one blast-damaged in Bahrain, Mar 2026; likely the first publicly confirmed military attack on a US hyperscaler's data centers
2 hit + 1 damagedobserved
| Value kind | observed — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range. |
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| Scope | By September 2026 AWS said the Bahrain region and resources held only in UAE zone mec1-az2 could not be restored; the damage exceeded what its multi-AZ services are designed to withstand. The IRGC attribution and intent rest on IRGC-linked media. |
| As of | 2026-03 |
| Source | DefenseScoop, 2026-03-03; AWS status update reported by Reuters, 2026-09-16 |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-01-31 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-16 · 2 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | aws-facilities-directly-hit-by-drones-uae-1 |
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