•Iranian strikes have reportedly caused two AWS availability zones in Dubai and Bahrain to become 'hard down' and unavailable for an extended duration.
•Internal AWS communications advised employees to deprioritize these regions and assist customers with migration due to 'meaningful damage' targeting economic infrastructure.
•This unprecedented event highlights the critical need for robust multi-region and advanced disaster recovery strategies, even for the most resilient cloud providers.
•Iranian strikes have reportedly caused two AWS availability zones in Dubai and Bahrain to become 'hard down' and unavailable for an extended duration.
•Internal AWS communications advised employees to deprioritize these regions and assist customers with migration due to 'meaningful damage' targeting economic infrastructure.
•This unprecedented event highlights the critical need for robust multi-region and advanced disaster recovery strategies, even for the most resilient cloud providers.