After Iranian drones struck three Amazon data centers in the UAE and Bahrain, Amazon Web Services confirmed that its ME-CENTRAL-1 and ME-SOUTH-1 regions remain offline. An April 30 dashboard notice warned customers that billing for the affected zones stays suspended while repairs continue, a process projected to last several months.

AWS estimates the waived charges for March 2026 total around $150 million. The company urges clients to relocate workloads to other regions and rely on off‑site backups to regain access to any lost resources. This guidance reflects the scale of disruption and the difficulty of restoring services in a conflict zone.

Some users have already mitigated impact; Dubai‑based super app Careem migrated overnight and resumed operations on alternate servers. For enterprises that depend on low‑latency cloud services in the Gulf, the extended outage forces costly re‑architecting and highlights the vulnerability of centralized data‑center models.