--- title: AWS Middle East disrupted after ‘objects struck datacenter’ description: An AWS availability zone in the UAE (ME-CENTRAL-1) went offline after unknown objects struck the datacenter, causing sparks and fire, likely related to the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-middle-east-disrupted-after-objects-struck-datacenter--g8wjzpu32 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AWS Middle East disrupted after ‘objects struck datacenter’ | daily.dev og:description: An AWS availability zone in the UAE (ME-CENTRAL-1) went offline after unknown objects struck the datacenter, causing sparks and fire, likely related to the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-middle-east-disrupted-after-objects-struck-datacenter--g8wjzpu32 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G8WjZPU32.png og:image:alt: AWS Middle East disrupted after ‘objects struck datacenter’ og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AWS Middle East disrupted after ‘objects struck datacenter’ **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An AWS availability zone in the UAE (ME-CENTRAL-1) went offline after unknown objects struck the datacenter, causing sparks and fire, likely related to the US-Israel-Iran conflict. AWS reported recovery progress for EC2 APIs hours later. Other Asia-Pacific tech news includes: Australian logistics software firm WiseTech Global cutting up to 2,000 jobs (half its workforce) due to AI productivity gains; Samsung announcing plans for fully autonomous AI-driven factories by 2030 with humanoid robots; Micron opening India's first semiconductor assembly and test facility in Gujarat; Indonesia signing a training partnership with Arm to develop 15,000 chip engineers; and Uber adding flying taxi service in Dubai via Joby. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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