Amazon Web Services said on Sunday that connectivity from one of its UAE facilities went down after "objects" hit it and sparked a fire.

AWS data centers in UAE hit by unidentified objects causing fires and power outages. Bahrain facilities also affected as Amazon (AMZN) works on recovery.

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.

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's cloud unit experienced power and connectivity issues at its data centers in Bahrain and the UAE due to Iranian retaliatory strikes. The disruptions affected two zones in the UAE and involved sparks and fire at one center.

Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) experienced disruptions to its AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain after military drone strikes. The attacks caused structural damage and prolonged service outages, affecting cloud customers that rely on these Middle East regions.

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