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AWS reports outage at Northern Virginia data centre zone, impacting cloud services
According to AWS, the problem was triggered by increased temperatures within a single data centre
Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), experienced a service disruption after an outage hit one of its data center zones in Northern Virginia, causing ripple effects across major financial and crypto platforms.
The incident temporarily impacted services at several companies, including derivatives marketplace CME Group and cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, both of which reported trading and access issues linked to the outage.
According to AWS, the problem was triggered by increased temperatures within a single data center, which affected systems in one of its “Availability Zones” — physically separate clusters of data centers designed to operate independently within a region.
The company said it managed to bring additional cooling capacity online and began observing early signs of recovery as it shifted traffic away from the affected zone.
Coinbase said some users experienced degraded performance during the disruption but emphasised that customer funds remained secure.
The company added that it was working to restore full trading functionality as services stabilised.
CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, also reported temporary technical and latency issues affecting its CME Direct trading platform.
The exchange later confirmed that essential maintenance had been completed and users were able to log back in, though it did not specify the exact cause of the disruption.
It was not immediately confirmed whether the issues at CME and AWS were directly connected, but Coinbase stated that its problems were caused by the AWS outage.
The latest incident adds to a growing list of high-profile cloud service disruptions. AWS previously suffered a major outage in October last year that impacted thousands of websites and popular apps, including Snapchat and Reddit.
That event was considered one of the largest internet disruptions in recent years.
The broader tech industry has faced increasing scrutiny over infrastructure resilience, particularly as global reliance on cloud services continues to expand across finance, communications, and critical digital systems.
