AWS stories

Sep 14, 2026

AWS unable to restore data at Gulf facilities damaged in Iran war

Amazon Web Services announced it cannot restore access to some customer data stored at Persian Gulf data centers that were damaged during the US-Iran war in spring 2026. The facilities in UAE and Bahrain were struck by Iranian drones.

Sep 14, 20264 sources

Aug 26, 2026

Amazon triples Nvidia GPU order to 3 million chips amid surging AI demand

Amazon announced an expanded partnership with Nvidia, adding another 2 million GPU chips to its AWS data centers on top of the 1 million previously planned, citing demand that exceeded expectations.

Aug 26, 20262 sources

May 18, 2026

AWS Launches Bedrock AgentCore Payments for AI-to-AI Transactions

Amazon Web Services launched Bedrock AgentCore Payments on May 7, the first hyperscaler-native infrastructure enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs, data feeds, and other agents in real time using stablecoins. U.S. consumers have no dispute rights when agents make these transactions.

May 18, 20261 source

Apr 26, 2026

Meta Purchases Tens of Millions of AWS Graviton 5 Processor Cores from Amazon

Meta is purchasing tens of millions of AWS Graviton 5 processor cores from Amazon, making it one of the largest Graviton customers in the world for AI workloads.

Apr 26, 20261 source

Apr 21, 2026

Amazon Invests Additional $5 Billion in Anthropic with $100 Billion AWS Spending Commitment

Amazon has made another major investment in Anthropic, adding $5 billion to its previous funding. In return, Anthropic has committed to spending $100 billion on AWS cloud services.

Apr 21, 20261 source

Apr 19, 2026

Cerebras Files for IPO Following Major AWS and OpenAI Deals

AI chip startup Cerebras filed for an initial public offering after announcing agreements with Amazon Web Services for chip deployment in AWS data centers and a deal with OpenAI reportedly worth over $10 billion.

Apr 19, 20261 source

Top claims

▪Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for the drone strikes on the Amazon Web Services facilities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates
▪Amazon Web Services continues to work on restoring two other affected availability zones in the United Arab Emirates, with updates expected in the coming months
▪Following the March 2026 drone strikes, Amazon Web Services instructed customers to migrate their workloads to other regions and warned that Middle East operations would remain unpredictable

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