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  1. When Even the Cloud Caught a Cold: Inside the AWS and Azure Outages of 2025

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    When Even the Cloud Caught a Cold: Inside the AWS and Azure Outages of 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/when-even-the-cloud-caught-a-cold-inside-the-aws-and-azure-outages-of-2025. In October 2025, AWS and Azure suffered major outages, exposing the fragility of the cloud and redefining resilience for modern internet infrastructure. Check more stories related to tech-stories at: https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories. You can also check exclusive content about #aws-outage, #azure-outage, #cloud-downtime, #multi-cloud-strategy, #resilient-cloud-architecture, #october-2025-outage, #cloud-reliability, #internet-infrastructure, and more. This story was written by: @mayukhsuri. Learn more about this writer by checking @mayukhsuri's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. In October 2025, both AWS and Microsoft Azure—the pillars of today’s cloud—suffered massive outages just nine days apart. AWS US-EAST-1 collapsed under DNS and DynamoDB control-plane failures, while Azure Front Door spread a faulty global config that broke routing and authentication across Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams. The twin incidents exposed how fragile the “always-on” internet really is and cost billions in downtime. The key lesson? High availability isn’t true resilience. Multi-region setups aren’t enough; automate health checks, test failovers, and design for failure as the default. In the cloud era, resilience is not a feature—it’s a culture.

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  2. Why Power-Flexible AI Just Became Table Stakes

    3 天前

    Why Power-Flexible AI Just Became Table Stakes

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-power-flexible-ai-just-became-table-stakes. The questions investors should ask about AI data centers just changed. Why power flexibility is now table stakes for infrastructure deployment. Check more stories related to tech-stories at: https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories. You can also check exclusive content about #data-centers, #u.s-infrastructure-investments, #power-management, #ai-ready-architecture, #private-equity, #ai-data-centers, #ai-power-consumption, #ai-energy-needs, and more. This story was written by: @asitsahoo. Learn more about this writer by checking @asitsahoo's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. AI infrastructure's real constraint: power, not chips. Aurora AI Factory (NVIDIA/Emerald, Virginia, 96MW, 2026) implements interruptible compute—software layer throttles training during grid stress, delivers 20-30% reductions, maintains SLAs. Enables faster permitting, lower capacity charges, wholesale market participation. Trade-off: longer training times for cheaper power. Key question: will two-tier market emerge (fixed for inference, flex for training)? 100GW capacity unlock claim assumes perfect coordination—directionally correct but optimistic. Power flexibility now mandatory for deployment. Due diligence questions: demand response capability, interruptible/fixed split, interconnection impact.

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