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AWS Powers Amazon’s Record Margins While AI Spending Drains Cash Flow

Amazon’s third-quarter 2026 results painted a study in contrasts: robust top-line growth and record operating margins driven largely by AWS, paired with mounting cash-flow pressure as heavy AI investments and capital expenditures weigh on liquidity. Revenue rose to $201.9 billion, operating income jumped sharply, yet free cash flow turned negative for the trailing year—signs that Amazon is balancing a profitable core with aggressive, expensive bets on AI infrastructure. A quarter…

Saugata DattaOct 30, 20263 min read72

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Amazon Faces Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes Cripple Middle East Data Centers

Amazon Web Services says recovery from drone strikes that hit its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will be measured in months, leaving customers in the region facing prolonged disruption and prompting a broader rethink of investments in Middle East infrastructure. The attacks, part of a wider bout of regional hostilities, knocked core compute racks offline, triggered flooding when fire suppression systems activated, and damaged cooling systems—problems…

Saugata DattaMay 2, 20263 min read380

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When Drones Hit the Cloud: AWS Middle East Outage Disrupts 109 Services

A series of drone strikes against Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East triggered one of the most significant regional outages in AWS history, disrupting services across the ME-CENTRAL-1 (UAE) region and causing collateral damage in the nearby ME-SOUTH-1 (Bahrain) region. The incident began in the early hours of March 1, 2026, and left many customers scrambling to fail over workloads and recover data for days. Incident timeline and…

Saugata DattaMar 5, 20264 min read663

AWS Powers Amazon’s Record Margins While AI Spending Drains Cash Flow

Amazon Faces Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes Cripple Middle East Data Centers

When Drones Hit the Cloud: AWS Middle East Outage Disrupts 109 Services

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