"It is believed to be a first: the deliberate targeting of a commercial datacenter by the armed forces of a country at war. At 4.30am on Sunday morning, an Iranian Shahed 136 drone struck an Amazon Web Services datacenter in the United Arab Emirates, setting off a devastating fire and forcing a shutdown of the power supply."
"Iranian state TV has claimed that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched the attack to identify the role of these centers in supporting the enemy's military and intelligence activities. The coordinated strike had an immediate impact. Millions of people in Dubai and Abu Dhabi woke up on Monday unable to pay for a taxi, order a food delivery or check their bank balance on their mobile apps."
Iranian forces launched coordinated drone strikes against Amazon Web Services datacenters in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, representing an unprecedented military targeting of commercial datacenters. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the attacks identified these centers' role in supporting military and intelligence activities. Multiple datacenters were struck, causing devastating fires and power shutdowns. The strikes immediately impacted millions of residents across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, disrupting essential services including taxi payments, food delivery, and banking applications. Approximately 11 million people in the UAE experienced service outages. The attacks highlight datacenters as emerging military targets due to their strategic importance and extreme reconstruction costs. Amazon subsequently advised clients to relocate data from the region.
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