Amazon’s cloud unit reported a disruption to its services after its UAE-based data centre was struck by “objects”, sparking a fire.
Amazon Web Services Inc (AWS) said that one of their “availability zones”- a regional grouping of one or more data centres – was temporarily shut down after it was “impacted by objects that struck the data centre” at around 4:30pm Dubai time on Sunday.
In a post on its website, AWS added that emergency services cut power to the facility while crews worked to extinguish the fire.
In a separate post, the company reported that it was investigating connectivity and power issues in Bahrain.
On Monday morning, the company said that a separate zone of data centres had been impacted by a “localized power issue”.
