Amazon Web Services datacentre fire update: We strongly recommend that customers with workloads running in the Middle East take action now to …

After reported aerial strikes damaged Amazon Web Service (AWS) datacenters in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, the company has suggested customers in the region to “migrate those workloads to alternate AWS Regions.” The AWS update comes after AWS datacenters were damaged during the opening exchange of missile and drone attacks by Iran following US and Israeli strikes. Iranian strikes have reportedly hit multiple sites across the Middle East. Amazon said that two of its facilities in the UAE were directly struck, while in Bahrain a nearby drone strike caused damage to infrastructure at its data center. “These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” Amazon said.