Amazon AWS Zones in UAE and Bahrain Lose Power After Physical Strike
Two AWS availability zones in the UAE and one in Bahrain suffered power and connectivity failures after objects struck a UAE data center, causing sparks and fire. Amazon warns full recovery will take multiple hours and advises customers to shift workloads to other regions.
1. Incident Details
On March 2, AWS reported that two availability zones in the UAE lost power after objects struck a data center, causing sparks and fire. A localized power issue also impacted one zone in Bahrain.
2. Service Impact
Connectivity failures were reported across the affected zones, disrupting cloud services and prompting AWS to recommend customers reroute workloads to unaffected regions.
3. Recovery and Customer Guidance
AWS expects full restoration to take multiple hours and is providing updates via its status page, advising clients to use alternative zones until services are stable.