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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AWS and Humain commit to bringing 50MW online at Saudi AI Zone by 2028
Company also on track for December 2026 cloud region launch
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Y Combinator-backed Impact Drones to offer missile-intercepting drone service for data centers and grid operators
Following several strikes on data centers in US-Israel and Iran conflict
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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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AWS and Humain expand partnership, will include Nvidia GPUs and Trainium chips
Deal covers some 150,000 chips
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Israel’s cloud deal with Google and Amazon contained warning system in case of data disclosures - report
Cloud providers allegedly agreed to tip off Israel in case of a foreign investigation by sending small sums of money corresponding to telephone dialing codes
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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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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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AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement in Middle East
Will combine AWS cloud infrastructure and solutions with e&'s network capabilities
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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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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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AWS finally confirms Israel data center region is in development
Company says new region due to come online in 2023
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AWS announces new UAE data center region
Three availability zones coming in 2022