Cloud disruption in UAE as AWS ME-Central-1 loses two AZs after object strike amid regional attacks
TL;DR
An AWS UAE outage knocked two Availability Zones in ME-Central-1 offline after objects struck a data center, sparking a fire and forcing a power shutdown; restoration is expected to take hours and AWS cautioned customers to ingest S3 data in a different region as Iran-backed attacks escalate in the UAE.
- AWS UAE suffers AZ outage after "objects strike data center" and cause fire, amid Iran attacks Data Center Dynamics
- Amazon's AWS reports outage after UAE data center struck by 'objects' Reuters
- Amazon Cloud Suffers Outage After ‘Objects’ Hit UAE Data Center Bloomberg.com
- Amazon closes warehouses and suspends deliveries across Abu Dhabi Business Insider
- UAE and Bahrain Amazon Data Centers Report Disruptions Amid Iran Strikes Haaretz
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