AWS “unable to restore access” to data centers hit by Iran strikes
Damage exceeded what availability zone-design designed to withstand
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims fresh hit on AWS data center in Bahrain
Says strikes were in response to alleged US attack on nuclear power plant in Darkhuin
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AWS launches Local Zone Edge location in Istanbul, Turkey
First cloud location in the country for the hyperscaler
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AWS operated 56.84 million square feet of data center and office space in 2025
A 16 percent increase on the year before
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Iran attack hits an Oracle data center in Dubai, causes limited damage
Dubai Media Office initially calls claims "fake news," later confirms shrapnel impact
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Fire at AWS data center in Bahrain after Iranian attack - report
AWS yet to confirm
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AWS Bahrain region "disrupted" by drone activity as war in Middle East continues to impact data centers
Cloud giant moves more customers to other regions
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Iranian state-affiliated news agency claims AWS data center drone strikes were deliberate
As part of attacks that also impacted AWS' Middle Eastern Ground Station
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Israel and US bomb data centers in Tehran, following Iran's drone strikes on AWS
As data centers increasingly become targets in war
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Amazon confirms two UAE data centers hit by drone strikes, third in Bahrain damaged
As Iran strikes the Middle East following US and Israeli attacks
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AWS UAE suffers AZ outage after "objects strike data center" and cause fire, amid Iran attacks
Availability Zone in ME-CENTRAL-1 brought offline in possible drone or missile attack
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Amazon shareholders call for report on AWS use in Gaza and by US ICE
Shareholders want to see how it "aligns" with AWS' Responsible AI Approach
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AWS and Humain expand partnership, will include Nvidia GPUs and Trainium chips
Deal covers some 150,000 chips
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Amazon suspends employee for criticizing its ties with Israel
Software engineer emailed senior executives and posted on internal Slack channels
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Saudi Arabia’s new AI venture Humain teams up with AWS for $5bn 'AI Zone'
In addition to existing AWS $5.3bn Saudi pledge
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Wells Fargo: Amazon Web Services delays data center leases, following Microsoft pullback
But Microsoft has downplayed its own cuts
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AWS employee held hostage by Hamas released, CEO Jassy "incredibly relieved"
CEO speaks out after maintaining silence through hostage period
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AWS owned 24m sq ft of property, leased 24.8m sq ft in 2024
A 28 percent jump as it ramps up capex spend
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AWS launches CloudFront Edge region in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Cloud giant aims to launch full Saudi cloud region in 2026
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AWS denies reports that it is no longer expanding in Israel
Cloud company says: "We continue to invest in our infrastructure in Israel"
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Investigation confirms IDF uses AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure for Gaza war
AWS used to store mass surveillance of Gaza’s population
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AWS plans to launch Saudi Arabian cloud region in 2026, promises $5.3bn investment
Ahead of the conclusion of Saudi Vision 2030
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AWS launches Israeli cloud region in Tel Aviv
Follows Google and Oracle
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AWS launches Local Zones in LatAm, Europe, and Middle East
Company launched eight Local Zones outside US since start of October
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AWS launches UAE cloud region
Company now has two regions in Middle East, with Israeli region in development
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Global governments gave Amazon $4.7bn+ in subsidies for data centers, warehouses, and other space
The real number could be a lot higher
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Google and Amazon employees protest Project Nimbus cloud contract with Israeli government
Project "will make the systematic discrimination and displacement carried out by the Israeli military and government even crueler and deadlier for Palestinians"
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Oracle CEO confused that Google and AWS beat them to Israel's $1.2 billion Nimbus tender
Oracle not sure why bigger and faster-growing clouds proved more popular