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AWS drone damage confirmed
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On Monday, Amazon Web Services confirmed that drone strikes on Sunday damaged two facilities in the UAE and caused physical impacts near one facility in Bahrain, resulting in outages.
Why Now
AWS said that on Sunday morning “objects” hit a data centre in the UAE, creating “sparks and fire.” On Sunday, AWS also said it was investigating power and connectivity issues at a facility in Bahrain. On Monday, AWS confirmed drone strikes caused the outages. AWS said two UAE facilities were hit directly, and in Bahrain a nearby drone strike caused physical impacts to its infrastructure. AWS said the drones caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage.
Impact
- • Two AWS facilities in the UAE were directly damaged by drone strikes.
- • A nearby drone strike physically impacted AWS infrastructure in Bahrain.
- • Power delivery and connectivity were disrupted, resulting in outages.
- • Fire suppression activities caused additional water damage in some cases.
Who Recalculates
- • Cloud service provider (Amazon Web Services)
- • Data center operations teams
- • Customers using AWS services in impacted facilities
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