Overview
- Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly hit by drones, and a Bahrain site was affected by a nearby impact.
- AWS reports structural damage, power disruptions, and additional water damage from firefighting at the struck locations.
- The ME-CENTRAL-1 region is hardest hit, with availability zones mec1-az2 and mec1-az3 heavily degraded while one zone remains operational.
- AWS lists 25 services as interrupted and 34 as impaired, with customers experiencing elevated error rates and reduced availability.
- Power and connectivity restoration is estimated to take at least a day, with full repairs expected to take longer, and AWS advises backups or region migration while coordinating with local authorities and prioritizing employee safety.