"At 4.30am on Sunday morning, an Iranian Shahed 136 drone struck an Amazon Web Services datacentre in the United Arab Emirates, setting off a devastating fire and forcing a shutdown of the power supply. Further damage was inflicted as attempts were made to suppress the flames with water. Soon after, a second data centre owned by the US tech company was hit."
"Iranian state TV has claimed that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched the attack to identify the role of these centres in supporting the enemy's military and intelligence activities. The network built by Jeff Bezos's company could withstand one of its regional centres being taken out of action but not a second, let alone a third of their huge warehouses of technology."
"Millions of people in Dubai and Abu Dhabi woke up on Monday unable to pay for a taxi, order a food delivery, or check their bank balance on their mobile apps. Whether there was a military impact is unclear but the strikes swiftly brought the war directly into the lives of 11 million people in the UAE, nine out of 10 of whom are foreign nationals."
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched coordinated drone attacks on Amazon Web Services datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain, claiming the facilities supported enemy military and intelligence operations. The strikes on multiple regional centres caused devastating fires and power shutdowns, immediately disrupting civilian services across Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Millions of residents lost access to mobile banking, taxi services, and food delivery applications. The attacks represent an unprecedented targeting of commercial infrastructure during warfare and raise significant questions about the UAE's future investment in technology infrastructure and its role as a regional tech hub.
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