AWS Makes Progress Restoring Virginia Data Center After 12-Hour Overheating Outage

AWS reports making progress toward restoring its Northern Virginia data center following an overheating incident that triggered a power loss, hardware disruptions, and over 12 hours of outage, impairing EC2 instances and degrading EBS volumes. The issue began early on May 8, with initial warnings of potential service impairments as teams worked to normalize temperatures. Amazon shares closed down 1.39% at $271.17 on May 7 amid outage concerns, trading at $271.74 pre-market on May 8, up 0.21%; persistent issues could further pressure stock and customers.