Amazon cloud services disrupted after 'objects' strike UAE data centre
Amazon's cloud unit reported a disruption to its services after its UAE-based data centre was struck by "objects", sparking a fire.
Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) said that one of their "availability zones"- a regional grouping of one or more data centres - was temporarily shut down after it was "impacted by objects that struck the data centre" at around 4:30pm Dubai time on Sunday.
In a post on its website, AWS added that emergency services cut power to the facility while crews worked to extinguish the fire.
In a separate post, the company reported that it was investigating connectivity and power issues in Bahrain.
On Monday morning, the company said that a separate zone of data centres had been impacted by a "localized power issue".
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According to Reuters, a data centre operator said that it would take several hours to restore connectivity in the affected zone, adding that other zones in the region are operating normally.
It remains unclear whether the incident is connected to Iran's retaliatory strikes following US and Israeli attacks on the country. The fire tore through the centre on the same day that Iranian projectiles targeted the UAE.
This comes amid ongoing US and Israeli strike on Iran which have already killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, several other top officials and hundreds of civilians.
Around 180 schoolgirls were killed in a strike on a school in southern Iran on Saturday.
In response, Iran has launched hundreds retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Israel and US military assets in Arab states, including the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
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