Amazon Web Services (AWS) has confirmed an ongoing service disruption in Bahrain, attributing the outage to the continuing regional conflict, though it did not specify the exact location affected or the extent of damage.
A spokesperson for Amazon Web Services said the company is assisting affected customers in migrating to servers in other regions while prioritising the safety of its personnel and coordinating with local authorities.
The disruption has impacted key digital services in the country. AFP journalists in Bahrain reported that the government’s online portal for public services was inaccessible, alongside several other platforms. The country’s main telecommunications provider also notified customers of a “technical problem” affecting operations.
The outage comes amid escalating tensions in the Gulf since the outbreak of conflict in late February, with Bahrain and other countries in the region facing repeated missile and drone attacks linked to the broader confrontation involving Iran, the United States and Israel.
Earlier this month, Iranian authorities warned of potential strikes on economic and technology-related targets in the Gulf. State-linked Tasnim News Agency subsequently published a list of possible targets, including offices of major global technology firms.
AWS had previously disclosed that drone strikes in early March damaged two of its data centres in the United Arab Emirates and another facility in Bahrain.
As the world’s largest cloud computing provider, AWS competes with rivals such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, delivering infrastructure that supports a wide range of applications, websites and emerging technologies including generative artificial intelligence.
A 2025 AWS blog post indicated that more than 85 percent of Bahrain’s government digital workload is hosted on its cloud infrastructure, underscoring the scale of the disruption’s potential impact.
