Seoul: AWS and Google Cloud Kept Failing the Same Network Path?
WebbyNode reports that AWS and Google Cloud both experienced network failures on the same path between Seoul and Seoul, highlighting a shared infrastructure vulnerability or routing issue affecting major cloud providers in the region.
Background
- Seoul, South Korea is a major cloud hub, but its internet infrastructure has unusual peering and congestion issues that have caused repeated outages for AWS and Google Cloud users.
- The article investigates why both cloud providers kept failing on the same network path in Seoul — pointing to a shared dependency on a problematic local upstream provider or interconnection point.
- This matters because Seoul hosts critical data centers for Asia; failures there affect services and latency across the region.
- Prior context: Cloud providers typically build redundant networks to avoid single points of failure, but local monopolies or bottlenecks can create "shared fate" where competing clouds experience the same outage.