US EditionAmazon's AWS reports outage after UAE data center struck by 'objects'
Fire at AWS data center after unidentified objects struck caused power shutdown and disrupted services; recovery expected to take multiple hours, AWS said.
- Yesterday, Amazon Web Services said an Availability Zone mec1-az2 in the UAE's ME-CENTRAL-1 region was struck by objects, causing sparks, fire, and a localized power outage.
- The impact came from unidentified 'objects' that struck the facility around 7:30 a.m. ET, producing sparks and triggering a blaze; AWS did not confirm their source, though some outlets suggested debris from the regional conflict involving Iran, the US and Israel.
- AWS reported impaired connectivity to Elastic Compute Cloud instances, Elastic Block Store volumes, and database services, routing traffic away while other Availability Zones remained operational with partial recovery by Sunday.
- AWS told customers to switch to alternate Availability Zones or other AWS Regions to reduce downtime as the Bahrain region also faces localized power issues and two Availability Zones in the UAE remain powerless on March 2.
- Videos over Dubai showed missiles while the outage occurred amid Iranian missile and drone strikes in the UAE, though AWS did not confirm a link.
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Amazon’s AWS reports outage after UAE data center struck by ‘objects’
ABU DHABI, March 2 — Amazon cloud-computing unit’s facilities in the Middle East were facing power and connectivity issues today, the company saidafter its United Arab Emirates data center was struck by “objects,” triggering a fire.Amazon Web Services’ UAE and Bahrain regions were affected by outages, it said, citing localized power issues for both regions.Two of Amazon cloud unit’s zones, which are clusters of data centers, in the UAE were with…
Amazon cloud unit flags issues at Bahrain, UAE data centers amid Iran strikes
Amazon cloud unit's data centres in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) faced connectivity issues on Monday, the company said, amid retaliatory Iranian strikes in the region in response to strikes by the United States and Israel on the Islamic Republic. Iranian strikes have hit airports, ports, and residential areas across the wider Gulf. One of the cloud unit AWS' zones in the UAE was still without power on Monday, after the company said…
Amazon's AWS reports power, connectivity issues in Bahrain, UAE amid Iran strikes
Amazon’s cloud unit’s data centers in Bahrain and the UAE were facing power and connectivity issues on Monday, March 2, the company said, as Iranian retaliatory strikes hit airports, ports, and residential areas across the wider Gulf. Two of Amazon cloud unit’s zones, which are clusters of data centres, in the UAE were without power on Monday, the company said on its status page. AWS said on Sunday said that one zone in the UAE was affected afte…
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