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

 Amazon cloud unit's data centers 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 ⁠U.S. 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 ​center 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 center incident was connected to the Iranian ​strikes.
Amazon did not provide ⁠a reason ​for the connectivity issues at its Bahrain data center. It also did not respond to a Reuters request ​for comment.