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Microsoft announced that some Azure cloudservice users may face slower connections following multiple undersea fiberoptic cable cuts in the Red Sea.
The company said disruptions are most likelywhen internet traffic from the Middle East originates in or terminates in Asiaor Europe.
Several subsea cables were also damaged onSeptember 6, 2025, disrupting global internet and communications flows.Connectivity remains available, but rerouted traffic has caused increasedlatency and congestion on major international routes.
“Undersea fiber cuts can take time torepair,” Microsoft said in a service update, noting it will “continuouslymonitor, rebalance, and optimise routing to reduce customer impact in themeantime” and provide daily updates or sooner if conditions change.
The Red Sea is a critical internet corridorlinking Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Earlier this year, damage to fourcables near Yemen cut off about 25 percent of global internet traffic,affecting major providers and platforms worldwide.
According to a 2017 study by the USDepartment of Homeland Security, about 97 percent of all intercontinentalelectronic communications travel through undersea fiber optic cables.
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