Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Increased Packet loss
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Starting August 14 7:33 PM PDT, we experienced increased packet loss impacting AWS Direct Connect connectivity for customers with connections at the Equinix FR5 location in Frankfurt, DEU. Engineers were automatically engaged at 7:45 PM on August 14 and immediately began investigating mitigations. By 8:30 PM, we identified that network equipment at the FR5 location was impaired due to water ingress into the co-location facility. As a result, cooling system was impaired which resulted in devic...
Aug 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM UTC
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