Iranian strikes damaged three AWS data centers in the Middle East on March 3, 2026, causing outages and prompting recovery efforts.

On March 3, 2026, Iranian strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East—two in the UAE and one in Bahrain—causing structural damage, power outages, and water damage from triggered fire suppression systems. AWS reported recovery efforts underway with localized disruptions, unlike past software failures. The company urged regional customers to reroute traffic, noting that while its infrastructure includes redundant availability zones, simultaneous damage across multiple centers in one region could strain capacity. The incident highlights the vulnerability of physical data centers to conflict, despite built-in redundancies.