AWS Thermal Issue Causes Outage for FanDuel and Coinbase
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Summary
Amazon Web Services reported a thermal issue at a Virginia data center that caused a single Availability Zone in the US‑East‑1 region to become impaired. The outage affected EC2 instances and disrupted services for high‑profile platforms such as FanDuel and Coinbase. AWS said it was actively adding cooling capacity to recover the remaining hardware and expected full recovery within several hours.
The incident began on Thursday night and was first noted on the AWS Health Dashboard at 8:25 p.m. ET, with subsequent updates indicating impaired EC2 instances. AWS’s 9:51 a.m. ET update confirmed the thermal problem and the plan to bring additional cooling online. FanDuel’s team acknowledged the outage and its impact on betting and cash‑out functionality, while Coinbase reported extended outages of core trading services. The outage highlighted the importance of multi‑AZ deployments and robust cooling infrastructure for mission‑critical workloads.
Key changes
- Thermal issue in a Virginia data center caused a single US‑East‑1 Availability Zone to become impaired.
- EC2 instances were affected, disrupting services for FanDuel and Coinbase.
- AWS added cooling capacity and expected full recovery within several hours.
- The incident was first reported on the AWS Health Dashboard at 8:25 p.m. ET.
- AWS’s 9:51 a.m. ET update confirmed the thermal problem and cooling plan.
- FanDuel’s outage impacted betting and cash‑out functionality.
- Coinbase experienced extended outages of core trading services.
- The event underscores the need for multi‑AZ deployments and robust cooling infrastructure.