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Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure, two of the world’s biggest cloud service providers, are simultaneously suffering outages, triggering widespread internet disruptions across major companies.
According to Downdetector, problems began around 11:30am ET, with reports surging from users who couldn’t access cloud-connected services, websites or apps.
The outage appears to be affecting dozens of platforms that rely on these cloud networks, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, Outlook, Starbucks, Costco and Kroger.
Even popular developer and data tools like Blackbaud and Minecraft are showing connectivity issues.
Downdetector shows sharp spikes in problem reports for both AWS and Microsoft products, confirming that the disruptions are not isolated.
The simultaneous failure of AWS and Azure is particularly alarming, as the two companies power much of the global internet infrastructure, responsible for hosting everything from retail and entertainment to business operations and cloud storage.
Frustrated users have flooded social media to vent, with one post on X reading: “First AWS, now Azure goes down. I love it when big companies own half the internet!!!”
This marks the second major AWS disruption in less than 10 days, reigniting concerns about the fragility of the internet’s backbone when too much of it depends on a few cloud giants.
Updates to come
According to Downdetector, problems began around 11:30am ET, with reports surging from users who couldn’t access cloud-connected services, websites or apps.
The outage appears to be affecting dozens of platforms that rely on these cloud networks, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, Outlook, Starbucks, Costco and Kroger.
Even popular developer and data tools like Blackbaud and Minecraft are showing connectivity issues.
Downdetector shows sharp spikes in problem reports for both AWS and Microsoft products, confirming that the disruptions are not isolated.
The simultaneous failure of AWS and Azure is particularly alarming, as the two companies power much of the global internet infrastructure, responsible for hosting everything from retail and entertainment to business operations and cloud storage.
Frustrated users have flooded social media to vent, with one post on X reading: “First AWS, now Azure goes down. I love it when big companies own half the internet!!!”
This marks the second major AWS disruption in less than 10 days, reigniting concerns about the fragility of the internet’s backbone when too much of it depends on a few cloud giants.
Updates to come
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