Amazon Web Services has confirmed that at least two of its data centres in the Middle East were hit in drone strikes as the conflict in the region remains tense
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed that two of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates were hit in drone strikes.
The hits on the data sites comes as hostilities in the Middle East enter their fourth day. The United States and Israel hit several Iranian targets in joint strikes on Saturday, February 28.
Iran has respond with several strikes across the Middle East after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, plunging the region into a back-and-forth of military operations.
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AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon that supplies cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies and governments.
Data centres like those hit in the UAE store and process information for businesses and internet services like websites and online applications in a region. Damage done at data centres could cause serious disruptions.
The BBC reported that the company said on Monday, March 2, in a list of alerts that another facility in Bahrain was hit by drone strikes nearby.
AWS, which operates data centres and digital services worldwide, said the strikes have caused “structural damage” and “disrupted power” to its infrastructure.
It urged its customers in the Middle East to immediately backup their data and move their systems to AWS platforms in the US, Asia, Europe or elsewhere, given the “unpredictable” situation in the Middle East.
