Amazon's cloud center in the UAE hit by Iranian attack, shut down after fire

Fires have been reported at data centers in the UAE. Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, reported this. Amazon stated that power to one of its data centers in the UAE had to be temporarily cut off. The reason behind this was that something struck inside the data center, causing sparks and a fire. Following this, the UAE is currently facing retaliatory missile and drone attacks by Iran. These attacks occurred following attacks by the US and Israel on Iran. Iranian attacks have targeted airports, ports, and residential areas across the country and the wider Gulf region.

During the attack, something struck the data center, causing sparks and has now been shut down.

What are data centers?

Amazon Data Centers are large server centers run by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Thousands and millions of computer servers operate simultaneously here. These servers store and process data for websites, apps, and online services worldwide. Their absence would severely impact internet service.

Summary

Following the attack on Iran, tensions are looming across the Middle East. The armies of all three countries are on standby, and attacks are ongoing. Meanwhile, Iran has retaliated against the US and Israeli attacks by attacking US military bases in various countries in the Middle East. Several Israeli cities are also being attacked.