Microsoft Azure
Service degradation
Impact Summary
Starting at 05:45 UTC on 06 September 2025, traffic traversing through the Middle East originating and/or terminating in Asia or Europe regions may experience increased latency due to multiple undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea. The disruption has required rerouting through alternate paths which may lead to higher-than-normal latencies.
This advisory is intended to raise awareness ahead of increased demand as the regions enter the start of its work week.
Current Status
Multiple international subsea cables were cut in the Red Sea
Our engineering teams are actively managing the interruption via diverse capacity and traffic rerouting, while also discussing alternate capacity options and providers in the region.
Undersea fiber cuts can take time to repair, as such we will continuously monitor, rebalance, and optimize routing to reduce customer impact in the meantime. We’ll continue to provide daily updates, or sooner if conditions change.
Sat, 06 Sep 2025 05:45:00 Z
https://status.cloud.microsoft/m365/referrer=serviceStatusRedirect
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Microsoft Says Azure Service Affected by Damaged Red Sea Cables
September 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM UTC
Microsoft Corp. said on Saturday that clients of its Azure cloud platform may experience increased latency after multiple international cables in the Red Sea were cut.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-06/microsoft-says-azure-service-affected-by-damaged-red-sea-cables
https://archive.is/CiXPK
Submarine cable cut near Jeddah causes internet slowdown across Pakistan
September 6, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Internet users across Pakistan are experiencing slower connectivity, with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) confirming a disruption in service due to a damaged submarine cable near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
https://pakobserver.net/submarine-cable-cut-near-jeddah-causes-internet-slowdown-across-pakistan/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250906213608/https://pakobserver.net/submarine-cable-cut-near-jeddah-causes-internet-slowdown-across-pakistan/