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Drone activity has disrupted operations at Amazon’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) region in Bahrain, the company officials said on Monday, amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. This marks the second incident in the past month affecting AWS infrastructure in the region.

The disruption occurred due to drone activity nearby, though it was not immediately clear whether the Bahrain facility itself was directly targeted or if the operational impact resulted from strikes in the surrounding area.

“As this situation evolves, and as we have advised before, we request those with workloads in the affected regions to continue migrating to other locations,” Amazon officials said.

The company added that it was assisting customers in transferring workloads to alternate AWS regions while recovery efforts are underway. However, it did not provide details on the extent of the damage or a timeline for full restoration of services.

 

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AWS, the cloud computing arm of Amazon (Amazon), supports numerous global websites, enterprises, and government services and remains a major contributor to the company’s profits.

This is the second time in recent weeks that drone activity has affected AWS operations in the region following the outbreak of hostilities linked to the US-Israel conflict with Iran. Earlier this month, AWS data centres in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates experienced power outages after military activity impacted the facilities.

The UAE strike marked the first known instance of military action disrupting a major US technology company’s data centre. At that time, Amazon described the damage as significant and warned of a ‘prolonged’ recovery period. AWS had reported structural damage, disrupted power delivery, and, in some cases, fire suppression efforts that caused additional water damage.

Amazon also confirmed that a previous drone-related incident had affected its Bahrain region, with strikes occurring in proximity to one of its facilities.