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Drones attack several AWS Middle East region data centers amid Iran war, leading to outages — service health been disrupted after power cut due to fire risk

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Drones have attacked multiple AWS data centers in the Middle East during the Iran conflict, leading to service outages. The AWS Health Dashboard reports ongoing disruptions at data centers in the UAE and Bahrain due to drone strikes causing physical impacts. AWS is working on recovery efforts, but customers are advised to migrate workloads to alternate regions. The incidents highlight the tech impacts of the conflict, with potential future disruptions in various sectors due to geopolitical risks.

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