Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai — Amazon reportedly declares “hard down” status for multiple zones

Amazon isn’t the only tech company that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran has directly hit. The Middle Eastern country has threatened to strike Nvidia, Microsoft, and others as early as the second week of March. It has reiterated the threat at the start of April and struck an Oracle data center later that week. However, while damage to data centers in the Middle East is concerning for the region, the global tech industry has bigger concerns. The regional war has disrupted the flow of oil and its derivatives, especially those that go through the Strait of Hormuz.