Amazon’s cloud computing operation in Bahrain was damaged after an Iranian strike, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, 1st April 2026, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Earlier in the day, Bahrain’s Interior Ministry announced that civil defense personnel were putting out a fire at a business facility after what they believed was an Iranian attack.
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The ministry did not immediately provide details on the company involved, casualties or the extent of damage.
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The report of the strike came a day after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to target U.S. companies in the Middle East, including Microsoft, Google and, in retaliation for attacks on Iran.
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Last week, the e-commerce giant said its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain had been “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle East, marking the second time in a month that its operations have been affected by the war.
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AWS is Amazon’s cloud computing unit and critical for the operation of many well-known websites and government operations, and the company’s main profit driver.
(This is a developing story, Input from Reuters)
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