Externalizing the cost of war

bigtechnology.com ↗Iran Strikes Leave Amazon Availability Zones “Hard Down” in Bahrain and Dubai, Per Internal AWS CommunicationAmazon tells its employees to deprioritize these regions as the Iran war deals meaningful damage to its infrastructure in the Gulf.

Damn, this is scary:

Iranian strikes have rendered two Amazon Web Services availability zones “hard down” in Dubai and Bahrain and the company expects them to be “unavailable for an extended period,” according to internal Amazon communication reviewed by Big Technology.

Within Amazon Web Services, the strikes have rendered so much damage that employees have been advised to deprioritize both regions.