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 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 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’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 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)...
