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

Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain · Manama market · location approximate to city level

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.

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Stage
On hold
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Amazon Web Services
Hyperscaler self-build
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Thin

How well evidenced is it

The announcement stands alone, or the project is on hold. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

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 are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedYes
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectYes
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

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

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

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 checked 2026-09-27

  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)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to [email protected]. Dataset updated 2026-09-27.