AWS Cloud Outage in Virginia Disrupts Services After Thermal Event
Amazon Web Services experienced a significant cloud outage at its North Virginia data center due to a 'thermal event' and cooling issues. The disruption impacted various services, including trading platforms like Coinbase and CME.
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Coinbase reports service issues, points finger at AWS cloud outage
A cooling issue at an Amazon Web Services data center in Northern Virginia caused widespread service disruptions. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and derivatives giant CME Group were among the affected. AWS confirmed increased temperatures in a single data center impacted services. Efforts to restore cooling capacity led to extended outages for some customers. The primary issue is now resolved.
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It was not immediately clear if the issues at AWS and CME were related. Coinbase, however, says problems with its platform were caused by the AWS outage.
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Read full article →"Thermal Event" Triggers Service Disruptions At Amazon AWS Cloud Hub In Northern Virginia
"Thermal Event" Triggers Service Disruptions At Amazon AWS Cloud Hub In Northern Virginia Amazon Web Services said that recovery efforts are still underway after a "loss of power during a thermal event" disrupted a Northern Virginia data center on Thursday evening. "Mitigation efforts remain underway to resolve the impaired EC2 instances and degraded EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone (use1-az4) in the US-EAST-1 Region," AWS wrote on its Service Health page, indicating th...
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