Multiple undersea fibre‑optic cables in the Red Sea were severed in early September, producing widespread slowdowns for Internet users and measurable latency for cloud customers — a disruption that exposed how the physical backbone of the Internet can become a single point of failure for modern...
Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud footprint experienced noticeable disruptions after multiple undersea fibre‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing engineers to reroute traffic and apply emergency traffic‑engineering measures while carrier repairs were planned.
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Microsoft Azure customers experienced measurable performance degradation after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were reported cut on September 6, 2025, forcing transit traffic onto longer detours and producing higher-than-normal latency for flows that traverse the Middle East...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced measurable slowdowns after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut on 6 September 2025, forcing traffic onto longer, congested detours and prompting Microsoft to reroute and rebalance traffic while carriers and cable operators plan...
Microsoft’s Azure customers experienced measurable performance degradation after several undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer, congested detours and prompting an urgent rerouting and capacity‑rebalancing operation by Microsoft and regional carriers...
Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud experienced higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours and prompting rapid routing work while carriers schedule repairs.Background / Overview
The global...
Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud experienced higher‑than‑normal latency after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours and exposing a brittle chokepoint in the global internet backbone.
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The global internet —...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced noticeable performance disruption after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic onto longer detours and generating higher-than-normal latency for customers whose data traverses the Middle East corridor — Microsoft’s...
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.
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The global...
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 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.
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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 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.
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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...