Amazon's cloud business in Bahrain damaged in Iran strike, FT reports

April 1 (Reuters) - 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 thecompany ⁠involved, casualties or the extent of damage. * The report of ​the strike came a day after Iran'sRevolutionary Guards threatened to target U.S. companies ​in theMiddle East, including ‌Microsoft, Google and Apple, inretaliation for attacks on Iran. * Amazon did ⁠not immediately respond to Reuters request forcomment on the FT report. * Last week, the e-commerce giant ⁠said its Amazon WebServices region in Bahrain had ​been "disrupted" amid the currentconflict in the Middle East, marking the second time in a monththat its operations ‌have been affected by the war. * AWS is Amazon's cloud computing unit ‌and critical for theoperation of many well-known ⁠websites and government ‌operations,and the company's ​main profit driver.

(Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim ‌Zahid)

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