Undersea fibre links in the Red Sea were cut in early September 2025, producing measurable internet slowdowns and elevated cloud latency across South Asia, the Gulf and parts of Africa as operators scrambled to reroute traffic while investigators and repair crews worked to identify the physical...
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’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 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 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 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...
Microsoft Azure has warned customers of higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while Microsoft engineers reroute and rebalance capacity to limit user impact. (reuters.com)
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Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud are experiencing higher-than-normal latency 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 user impact. (reuters.com)
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Microsoft warned Azure customers that parts of its global cloud network are seeing higher-than-normal latency after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours while engineers reroute and rebalance capacity. (reuters.com)
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The Red...
Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. (reuters.com)...
Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud experienced increased latency and routing disruption after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic to be rerouted through longer, less direct paths and raising fresh questions about the fragility of...