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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nAmazon has reportedly confirmed service disruption at its Amazon Web Services (AWS) centres in Dubai and Bahrain after Iranian strikes. The company, in an internal memo viewed by Big Technology, said that it expects \u201chard down\u201d Dubai and Bahrain AWS centres to be \u201cunavailable for an extended period\u201d. As per the memo, employees have been asked to \u2018deprioritise\u2019 these regions due to the scale of damage. Amazon said that it is working to help affected customers shift their services to other regions. <\/p>\n \u201cThese two regions continue to be impaired, and services should not expect to be operating with normal levels of redundancy and resiliency,\u201d Amazon\u2019s internal memo reads as per the Big Technology report. \u201cWe 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.\u201d\u201cThe AWS Bahrain Region has been disrupted as a result of the ongoing conflict. We are working closely with local authorities and prioritizing the safety of our personnel throughout our recovery efforts. We continue to support affected customers, helping them to migrate to alternate AWS Regions, with a large number already successfully operating their applications from other parts of the world,\u201d the company said in a blog post published March 24, 2026. \u201cAs this situation evolves, and as we have advised before, we request those with workloads in the affected regions continue to migrate to other locations.\u201dThe US-Israel-Iran war has now entered its sixth week. Amazon\u2019s Bahrain facilities have been hit multiple times, including a strike on April 1 earlier this week that caused a fire. The company\u2019s facilities in the UAE have also sustained multiple hits. \u201cWe do not have a timeline for when DXB and BAH will return to normal operations,\u201d the internal post said.Last month, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened to attack multiple other US tech giants, including Microsoft, Google, and Apple. In a statement, the Guards said, “These companies, starting from 8:00 pm (1630 GMT) Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1, should expect the destruction of their relevant units in exchange for every assassination in Iran.”<\/div>\n\nWhat Amazon\u2019s internal memo says about Dubai and Bahrain AWS centres<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n