AWS cannot restore access to Bahrain region or one UAE zone after strikes
AWS says it cannot recover some Bahrain resources and one UAE availability zone six months after strikes, raising harder questions for Gulf cloud and AI campuses.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: CNBC
Why it matters
AWS recommends cross-region recovery for events that disable an entire region. Its inability to restore resources held exclusively in Bahrain gives cloud customers and Gulf AI projects a concrete case for testing geographic recovery beyond one region.
Amazon Web Services said on September 15th that it cannot restore access to resources and data held exclusively in its Bahrain region, six months after drone strikes damaged cloud facilities across Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. AWS also cannot recover resources stored in one UAE availability zone, while work continues on two other affected zones, according to CNBC's report.…