March 5, 2026, 2:06 p.m. ET
As the tech industry chases growth in the Middle East through data centers, the companies’ infrastructure is increasingly exposed to conflicts in the region.
U.S. tech companies are investing billions of dollars into data centers in the Middle East as companies chase artificial intelligence ambitions and growing need for computing power.
At least three Amazon data centers have been damaged by Iranian drone strikes since the U.S. attacked Iran on Friday, disrupting the company’s cloud computing services in the region. Whether the attacks will shape Amazon’s expansion plans in the region remains an open question.
In an Amazon Web Services network health update Monday, the company said two facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck and another data center in Bahrain was damaged from a nearby drone strike. As of Tuesday, the company was still working on recovery efforts but the overall state of services in the region remained largely unchanged….