AWS (AMZN) Outage Affects FanDuel and Coinbase Trading Services

Amazon Web Services (AMZN) experienced an operational outage attributed to overheating at a data center in the US-East-1 region, affecting trading on platforms like FanDuel and Coinbase. The incident was first reported on Thursday, and AWS stated that full recovery was expected to take several hours. FanDuel acknowledged issues that hindered user access, while Coinbase confirmed that multiple AWS zones caused core trading service outages. AWS contributes to approximately one-third of the market for cloud infrastructure technology, highlighting its significant role in the tech ecosystem.