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AWS Middle East (Bahrain) region, me-south-1 data center

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain · Manama market · location approximate to city level
Why it is on hold. Physical damage or conflict Strikes in 2026 damaged facilities across several availability zones and took the region offline. AWS says it is replacing the infrastructure and will update its Bahrain plans in early 2027. source The graveyard.

AWS Middle East (Bahrain) region, me-south-1 is a data center project in Manama, Bahrain, operated by Amazon Web Services. It is on hold. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

Latest change on record: moved to on hold on 16 September 2026.

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Stage
On hold
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
Amazon Web Services
Hyperscaler self-build
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Thin
Will it get built?Stalled2 of 7 gates passed
○ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Land secured.

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How Bahrain approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Bahrain.

How well evidenced is it

The announcement stands alone, or the project is on hold. On record: named funder, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

Access to AI chips

GradeCommercial signal only

A chip-vendor partnership or US hyperscaler relationship has been announced, but no government document names anyone involved. Signal, not licence. Criteria.

Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:4), no named authorisation found · Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:4), no named authorisation found (2026-09-27) source

Stage history

2019-07-30Operational · aws.amazon.com
2026-09-16On hold · datacenterdynamics.com

Who is behind it

OperatorAmazon Web Services · Hyperscaler self-build
Funder, EquityAmazon

Who uses the compute

Own use · hyperscalerAmazon Web Services · confirmed

Me-south-1 region, two Amazon-registered buildings, DC52 (Hamala) and DC53 (Askar). Region damaged across multiple AZs, AWS says it cannot restore resources · as of 2026-09-16

Amazon's own PeeringDB facility records (org Amazon.com, Inc., created 2020-03-09, updated 2025-09-26) place its Bahrain buildings in Hamala and Askar with Amazon AS16509 present. DCD quotes AWS that in me-south-1 'damage to our infrastructure spanned multiple availability zones and exceeded what our regional and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand' and it is unable to restore the region.

Source · PeeringDB facility records: AWS Bahrain DC52 MMR (Hamala) and AWS Bahrain DC53 MMR (Askar), org Amazon.com, Inc. (PeeringDB, 2025-09-26)

Source · AWS "unable to restore access" to data centers hit by Iran strikes (DCD, 2026-09-16)

Build, land, power and water
Nothing found in public sources yet. Most contractors and utilities never name their data centre clients. Know who built it or where its power comes from? Tell us.

Sources

  1. Now Open – AWS Middle East (Bahrain) (AWS, 2019-07-30)
  2. Amazon confirms two UAE data centers hit by drone strikes, third in Bahrain damaged (DCD, 2026-03-02)
  3. Amazon says AWS Bahrain region 'disrupted' following drone activity (Al Jazeera, 2026-03-24)
  4. Iran says it's struck offline AWS facility in Bahrain ... again (The Register, 2026-07-21)
  5. AWS "unable to restore access" to data centers hit by Iran strikes (DCD, 2026-09-16)
  6. Iranian strikes on AWS facilities left customer data beyond recovery in Bahrain, UAE (Help Net Security, 2026-09-17)
  7. Amazon AWS unable to restore access to Bahrain, one UAE cloud data zone after war (Khaleej Times (Reuters), 2026-09-16)

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