Amazon says its North Virginia cloud services are largely back online after an unexpected overheating incident triggered outages across multiple offerings, including Coinbase. It’s the second recent disruption tied to temperature issues at Amazon data centers. The company is working to fully restore capabilities, with analysts expecting several hours before services stabilize completely.
Amazon Web Services reported a northern Virginia data center zone outage linked to high temperatures. The disruption affected services used by CME Group and Coinbase. Coinbase said its trading problems were caused by the AWS outage, while CME pointed to technical and latency issues. AWS is working to restore full service, but an exact timeline hasn’t been shared.
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An AWS cloud network outage left streaming, messaging, and even some banking services offline for hours on Monday. Reports said customers experienced disruptions across multiple popular platforms, while banks such as Lloyd’s were also impacted and traced the issue back to Amazon Web Services. The incident highlights how deeply everyday online life relies on a single cloud infrastructure provider.
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