UAE AWS Data Center Fire Triggers Outage Amid Middle East Strikes
TL;DR
AWS said a fire at a United Arab Emirates data center was caused by an object impact, taking one Availability Zone offline and disrupting connectivity; restoration could take at least a day as facilities, cooling and power systems are repaired and local authorities coordinated with. The incident comes amid US/Israeli strikes on Iran and retaliatory actions in the region, with a second UAE zone in Bahrain reporting a localized power issue. Customers were advised to enact disaster recovery plans and restore from remote backups in alternate AWS Regions.
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- Amazon Cloud Disrupted After ‘Objects’ Hit UAE Data Center Yahoo Finance
- UAE and Bahrain Amazon Data Centers Report Disruptions Amid Iran Strikes Haaretz
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