Amazon confirms datacenter “impacted by objects” in UAE during Iran strikes
Amazon reports datacenter fire in the UAE after “objects hit” it during Iran missile strikes
Amazon has confirmed that power has been shut off at one of its datacenters in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after the facility was “impacted by objects” amid Iran’s strikes against the country. This has impacted the availability of Amazon services in the region.
Currently, the UAE is facing drone and missile strikes from Iran following strikes on Iran from the US and Israel. Some websites have reported that Amazon’s datacenter has been hit by a missile. This has not been confirmed. Amazon’s statement is that the site was “impacted by objects” which created “sparks and fire”. The fire forced the local fire department to cut power from the facility.
We want to provide some additional information on the power issue in a single Availability Zone in the ME-CENTRAL-1 Region. At around 4:30 AM PST, one of our Availability Zones (mec1-az2) was impacted by objects that struck the data center, creating sparks and fire. The fire department shut off power to the facility and generators as they worked to put out the fire. We are still awaiting permission to turn the power back on, and once we have, we will ensure we restore power and connectivity safely. It will take several hours to restore connectivity to the impacted AZ.
Currently, the fire appears to be under control, and Amazon is “awaiting permission to turn the power back on”. AWS service outages appear to affect only regions in the UAE and neighbouring Bahrain.
Right now, it is currently unknown what struck Amazon’s datacenter. While the incident happened during Iran’s drone/missile strikes against several Gulf states, it is unclear if Iran specifically targeted this datacenter.
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