Amazon's cloud unit reports fire after objects hit UAE data center

March 1 (Reuters) - Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, said on Sunday that power to its data center in the United Arab Emirates was shut down temporarily after objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and a fire.

Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East

Amazon has confirmed that three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Bahrain have been damaged by drone strikes, causing an extensive outage that is still affecting dozens of cloud computing services.
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Amazon's UAE data centre forced to cut power after being struck by 'objects creating sparks and fire'

One of Amazon’s cloud data centers in the United Arab Emirates was temporarily shut down after being struck by unidentified objects after Iran unleashed strikes on the country. The company said the objects caused sparks and a fire and its AWS data center on Sunday (March 1).
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Iran war: After Amazon AWS UAE, Bahrain data centre suffers power outage amid Gulf turmoil

AWS UAE data centre temporarily shut down after reported attack. Power to Amazon’s cloud unit’s, Amazon Web Services Availability Zone (AWS), data centre in the United Arab Emirates was temporarily shut down after objects hit the facility.

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