"The facility "was impacted by objects that struck the data center, creating sparks and fire." Power to the facility was cut by local authorities to contain the blaze. Amazon hasn't specified what those objects might be, but the datacenter appears to have been caught in the crossfire between the US and Iranian forces in the region."
"By 1846 UTC, power disruptions across the UAE had spread to another Amazon availability zone (mec1-az3), significantly impacting services like S3 storage, which the cloud provider notes is only designed to shake off the loss of a single zone within a region. With two of three zones impaired, "customers are seeing high failure rates for data ingest and egress.""
"According to Amazon, work is continuing to restore service to the datacenters, but it notes that this could take "at least a day, as it requires repair of facilities, cooling and power systems, coordination with local authorities, and careful assessment to ensure the safety of our operators.""
Following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Iranian retaliatory attacks with missiles and drones targeted the Gulf region, striking an AWS data center facility in the UAE. Objects impacted the mec1-az2 availability zone, causing fires and prompting local authorities to cut power. The disruption spread to a second zone (mec1-az3) within hours, severely degrading S3 storage services with high failure rates for data operations. AWS estimated restoration would require at least one day due to facility repairs, cooling and power system restoration, and coordination with local authorities. A separate power issue also affected the mes1-az2 availability zone in Bahrain.
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