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Tech Industry Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai -- Amazon reportedly declares "hard down" status for multiple zones News By Jowi Morales published 4 April 2026 Iranian strikes are taking out AWS servers in the region. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here's how it works. Amazon - AWS logo (Image credit: Getty Images) * Copy link * Facebook * X * Whatsapp * Reddit * Pinterest * Flipboard * Email Share this article 9 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. 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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has conducted strikes against AWS sites in the Middle East since the start of the war in early March. Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Microsoft data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin (Image credit: Microsoft) * Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck * The data center cooling state of play * Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies * Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow "These two regions continue to be impaired, and services should not expect to be operating with normal levels of redundancy and resiliency," the internal memo said, according to Big Technology. "We are actively working to free and reserve as much capacity as possible in the region for customers, and services should be scaled to the minimal footprint required to support customer migration." The AWS sites in the Middle East each have three compute zones, with both data centers reporting "hard down" and "impaired but functioning" zones. More importantly, the company said in its internal communications, "We do not have a timeline for when DXB and BAH will return to normal operations." Article continues below You may like * Amazon AWS Iranian drone strikes hit three AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain * AWS Drones attack several AWS Middle East region data centers amid Iran war, leading to outages * AWWS data center AWS Bahrain suffers major disruption due to the ongoing US-Iran conflict Amazon isn't the only tech company that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran has directly hit. The Middle Eastern country has threatened to strike Nvidia, Microsoft, and others as early as the second week of March, after the alleged targeting of a Tehran bank that killed several employees. It has reiterated the threat at the start of April and even struck an Oracle data center later that week. However, while damage to data centers in the Middle East is concerning for the region, the global tech industry has bigger concerns. The regional war has disrupted the flow of oil and its derivatives, especially those that go through the Strait of Hormuz. These include aluminum, helium, and LNG -- all of which are crucial in the semiconductor supply chain. And even if the war ends today, the damage to infrastructure could mean it takes months or even years for supplies to return to pre-war levels. Google Preferred Source Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News, or add us as a preferred source , to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware Newsletter Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. 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In order to increase efficiency and convenience, many things we enjoy today are subject to multiple single-points-of-failure. In other words, even with the engineered redundancy and resilience, the current network of hyperscale datacenters concentrate so much into one point of failure, that focused attacks become a profitable undertaking for adversaries. Reply * Gururu I was surprised, not shocked I guess, to learn in recent Patel briefings that FBI and other government agencies actually purchase information gathered and stored in like data centers. I believe the government used to subpoena or issue warrants for this information. Now the companies are more than ever complicit. Reply * PEnns Dammmmm. How many million expensive Nvidia GPUs were hurt in this war??? This must be good news to Jen tho, right?? They will be buying new ones to replace them. Which means, more pain for gamers and the drought will continue while Jen is busy producing the expensive stuff.....UGH. Reply * derekullo PEnns said: Dammmmm. How many million expensive Nvidia GPUs were hurt in this war??? This must be good news to Jen tho, right?? They will be buying new ones to replace them. Which means, more pain for gamers and the drought will continue while Jen is busy producing the expensive stuff.....UGH. Nvidia's share price, $177, hasn't really changed since the beginning of the "excursion". Reply * S58_is_the_goat Bezos: careful iran, I have some really big rockets too... Reply * LordVile Gururu said: I was surprised, not shocked I guess, to learn in recent Patel briefings that FBI and other government agencies actually purchase information gathered and stored in like data centers. I believe the government used to subpoena or issue warrants for this information. Now the companies are more than ever complicit. I mean you do sign your rights away for data to be purchased or "shared" by third parties. Handy way around protections about law enforcement getting them for investigations Reply * pug_s I was hoping that I could get something free from Amazon and not get charged, oh well. Reply * View All 9 Comments Show more comments Tom's Hardware is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site. Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google * Terms and conditions * Contact Future's experts * Privacy policy * Cookies policy * Accessibility Statement * Advertise with us * About us * Coupons * Careers (c) Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.