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Amazon data center in Bahrain attacked by Iranian Revolutionary Guards

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Post by topherPedersen » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC

Amazon data center in Bahrain attacked by Iranian Revolutionary Guards
reuters.com

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Post by smashah » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC

Anybody here deploying to Bahrain region for any reason other than data sovereignty? What's the story?

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC

Related:

AWS has officially removed all EC2 instances in Bahrain from their docs

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620381

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC

smashah wrote: post #2

Anybody here deploying to Bahrain region for any reason other than data sovereignty? What's the story?

Low latency to certain markets.

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Post by Bender » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

Telco's used to put parts of their infrastructure under ground for this reason. Data-centers can do it too.

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Post by GeoSys » Sat, Apr 04, 2026, 8:40 AM UTC

smashah wrote: post #2

Anybody here deploying to Bahrain region for any reason other than data sovereignty? What's the story?

multi-region, I guess

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