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Microsoft Azure’s cloud services are disturbed by underwater cuts of cables in the Red Sea, says the US technology giant.
Azure users – one of the world’s leading computer calculations platforms – would be delayed due to internet traffic problems that are moving through the Middle East, the company said.
Microsoft did not explain what may have caused the damage to underwater cables, but added that he was able to redirect traffic through other paths.
Over the weekend, there were reports suggesting that underwater cable cuts have affected the United Arab Emirates and some countries in Asia.
The cables laid on the ocean floor transmit data between the continents and are often described as the backbone of the Internet.
An Update posted on Microsoft’s website On Saturday, he said that Azure Traffic, passing through the Middle East, “may experience increased latency due to underwater fibers in the Red Sea.”
He stressed that the traffic “who does not pass through the Middle East is not affected.”
On Saturday, Netblocks, an organization that monitors access to the Internet, said a series of underwater cuts in the Red Sea has affected internet services in several countries, including India and Pakistan.
The Pakistan telecommunications company said in an X publication that the cuts had taken place in the waters near the Saudi city of Jedda and warned that Internet services could be affected in peak hours.
Underwater cables can be damaged by anchors released from ships, but in the past they have been deliberately directed.
In February 2024, several communication cables were cut off in the Red Sea, affecting the internet traffic between Asia and Europe.
The incident happened about a month after the internationally recognized Yemen government warned that Iran -backed Hutti’s movement could sabotage the cables and attack ships on the Red Sea. Hutiis denied that they had directed cables.
In the Baltic Sea, a series of underwater cables and gas pipelines are damaged in suspected attacks after the invasion of Russia in Ukraine in 2022.
Earlier this year, The Swedish authorities seized a ship He suspected of damaging a cable running under the Baltic Sea to Latvia. Prosecutors said the initial investigation pointed to sabotage.
