# AWS sites in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain remain mostly offline

_Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM EDT · Infrastructure, AI · Latest · Tier 1 — Major_

AWS facilities in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain remain mostly offline more than six months after Iranian drone damage, the Wall Street Journal reported. The continuing outages are complicating the region's multibillion-dollar AI ambitions, according to the report. The summary does not identify the affected AWS services, capacity, restoration timetable, customers or the exact date of the strikes.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260915/p32#a260915p32)

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