Cloud Platform Outage Caused by Northern Virginia Data Center Overheating
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to resolve a service outage caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia on May 8, 2026.
- The cloud platform stated it is currently working to resolve the outage.
- The technical failure at the Northern Virginia facility has specifically hampered trading capabilities for Coinbase and disrupted services for FanDuel.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to resolve a service outage caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia on May 8, 2026. The disruption has impacted trading and operational services for several companies, including the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. And the gaming platform FanDuel, a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment PLC.
The cloud platform stated it is currently working to resolve the outage. According to reports, the recovery process is expected to take several hours.
Service Impact
The technical failure at the Northern Virginia facility has specifically hampered trading capabilities for Coinbase and disrupted services for FanDuel. AWS has not provided further details on the specific nature of the overheating or the number of affected clients beyond these reports.
The outage affects enterprise-level operations relying on the AWS infrastructure in the Northern Virginia region, one of the most densely concentrated areas for cloud data centers globally.