Microsoft’s cloud backbone entered a period of turbulence this weekend after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were reported cut, producing measurable latency for traffic between Asia, the Middle East and Europe and prompting Azure engineers to reroute and rebalance traffic...
Microsoft Azure warned customers of higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while carriers and cloud operators rerouted traffic and prepared for complex maritime repairs. (reuters.com)
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Microsoft’s Azure cloud showed fresh fragility this weekend after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours and causing higher-than-normal latency for customers whose traffic traverses the Middle East corridor. (reuters.com)
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Microsoft confirmed that parts of Azure are seeing higher‑than‑normal network latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while carriers and cloud engineers reroute, rebalance capacity, and schedule repairs. (reuters.com)...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced measurable performance degradation after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic to detour around the damaged corridor and producing higher‑than‑normal latency for flows that traverse the Middle East between Asia and...
Multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut on September 6, 2025, triggering widespread latency and connectivity problems for traffic between Asia, the Middle East and Europe and forcing cloud operators — most visibly Microsoft Azure — to reroute traffic while repair and...
Microsoft Azure customers worldwide experienced elevated latency and intermittent slowdowns after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic onto longer detours while Microsoft rerouted and rebalanced network flows and coordinated with carriers and cable...
Microsoft confirmed that Azure continued to serve customer workloads after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, but the cloud giant warned of higher-than-normal latency for traffic routed between Asia and Europe as engineers rerouted and rebalanced traffic across...
Microsoft says most Azure services continued operating, but customers experienced higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple international submarine fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were severed, forcing traffic onto longer alternative routes while carriers and cloud engineers rerouted...
Microsoft’s cloud customers were jolted on September 6 when Microsoft confirmed that multiple international subsea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea had been cut, producing measurable latency and service degradation for Azure traffic that transits the Middle East corridor and forcing engineers...
Microsoft Azure customers across Asia, the Middle East and parts of Europe experienced higher‑than‑normal latency and intermittent slowdowns after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while Microsoft and carriers rerouted and...
Microsoft’s Azure customers woke up to a new, uncomfortable reminder that the cloud — no matter how abstract it feels — still rides on ships, splices and seabed geography after the company warned that multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea had been cut, forcing traffic onto longer...
Microsoft warned customers that parts of Azure were seeing higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while carriers and cloud engineers rerouted and rebalanced capacity to limit customer impact...
Microsoft’s Azure network teams reported an operational disruption after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic to detour and producing elevated latency for flows between Asia, the Middle East and Europe; reports and Microsoft’s own service notices...
Microsoft warned that parts of the Azure cloud were experiencing higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer, more congested routes while carriers and Microsoft reroute and plan repairs. (reuters.com)
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Microsoft has warned Azure customers that parts of its cloud are seeing higher-than-normal latency after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while carriers and cloud engineers reroute capacity and prepare repairs. (reuters.com)...
Microsoft has warned customers that Azure performance in and through the Middle East may be degraded after multiple undersea fibre-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic to be rerouted and raising fresh questions about the fragility of the global internet backbone and cloud...
Microsoft has warned Azure customers they may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent slowdowns after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while engineers reroute and rebalance capacity to limit customer impact. (reuters.com)...
Microsoft Azure users experienced elevated latency and disrupted connections after multiple undersea fibre-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut on September 6, 2025, forcing cloud traffic to be rerouted through longer, more congested paths and exposing fragilities in the global internet backbone...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud is reporting higher‑than‑normal latency for traffic that traverses the Middle East after a cluster of undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing Azure to reroute traffic onto longer alternate paths while repair and traffic‑engineering work continue...