Amazon cloud unit flags issues at Bahrain, UAE data centres amid Iran strikes

It did not provide a reason for the connectivity issues at its Bahrain data centre

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Amazon cloud unit's data centres in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were facing connectivity issues on Monday, the company said, amid retaliatory Iranian strikes in the region in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic.

Iranian strikes have hit airports, ports, and residential areas across the wider Gulf.

One of the cloud unit AWS' zones in the UAE was still without power on Monday, after the company said that "objects" struck the data centre and created sparks and fire.

Amazon reported some recovery in the UAE but recommended that customers use alternate regions as it investigates "additional connectivity issues and error rates”.

The company did not confirm or deny, when asked earlier, whether the UAE data centre incident was connected to the Iranian strikes.

Amazon did not provide a reason for the connectivity issues at its Bahrain data centre. It also did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.