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(Bloomberg) — Amazon Web Services Inc. suffered a disruption to its services after unidentified objects struck one of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates, causing a fire.
AWS said the incident, which took place around 4:30 p.m. Dubai time on Sunday, impacted services from the data center in one of its regional groups. Power to the facility was shut off by the fire department as they worked to extinguish the blaze, according to a post on its website. The company said in a separate post it was investigating connectivity and power issues in Bahrain.
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While it is unclear if the UAE incident is related to the conflict between the US and Iran, the fire broke out on the same day Iranian projectiles struck the country in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials.
“One of our Availability Zones … was impacted by objects that struck the data center, creating sparks and fire,” the company said in a post about the UAE incident. An update at 10:46 a.m. Dubai time Monday said a separate zone of data centers had been impacted by “a localized power issue.” An AWS representative declined to comment.
Iran’s retaliation has spread across the Middle East, with waves of missile and drone attacks launched against US bases and allies around the region, including in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
AWS has said its customers in the UAE include Al Ghurair Investment LLC and Dubai Islamic Bank.
The company operates 123 zones of data centers across 39 regions globally.
(Updates with additional issues in Bahrain in the second paragraph.)
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