Amazon’s cloud business in Bahrain damaged in Iran strike: Report

Amazon’s cloud computing operation in Bahrain was damaged after ​an Iranian strike, the Financial Times ‌reported on Wednesday, citing a ​person familiar with the ⁠matter.

Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said earlier in the day that civil defence teams ‌were extinguishing a fire at a company facility following what ‌authorities described as an Iranian attack.

The ⁠ministry did not immediately ⁠provide details on the company involved, casualties or the extent of damage.

The report ​of the ‌strike came a day after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to target U.S. companies in the Middle East, ‌including Microsoft, Google and ​Apple, in retaliation for attacks on Iran.

Amazon did ⁠not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment on the FT ‌report.

Last week, the e-commerce giant said its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain had been “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle East, ‌marking the second time in a ​month that its operations have been affected by the war.

AWS is Amazon’s cloud computing unit ⁠and critical for the operation of many well-known websites and ‌government operations, and the company’s main profit driver.