AWS UAE data center struck by "objects"; fire forces hours-long outage in one availability zone
Mar 2nd 2026
The local fire department cut power and generators while extinguishing the blaze, leaving one availability zone offline for hours and a separate localized power problem hitting another AZ and multiple services. AWS urged customers to fail over to other regions while it waits permission to restore power.
- At about 4:30 AM PST, AWS reported "objects" struck mec1-az2 in the ME-CENTRAL-1 region, generating sparks and a fire.