Iran strikes cause Amazon AWS power outage with issues reported in Bahrain and UAE
- Amazon's AWS cloud unit reported power and connectivity issues at its data centres in Bahrain and the UAE on Monday.
- These disruptions occurred amidst Iranian retaliatory strikes impacting airports, ports, and residential areas across the wider Gulf region.
- Two data centre zones in the UAE were without power, with one affected after 'objects' struck the facility, causing sparks and fire.
- AWS also confirmed a localised power issue at one of its zones in Bahrain.
- The company advised customers to rely on services in other regions, stating that full recovery was expected to take 'multiple hours'.
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