UPDATE 1-AWS says data center overheating in North Virginia disrupts services; Coinbase impacted
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May 7 (Reuters) - Amazon's AMZN.O cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, said on Thursday it was working to restore normal temperatures at a data center in North Virginia after overheating disrupted some services.
The incident caused a power loss that affected certain hardware, AWS said, adding that services reliant on the impacted data center could experience "impairments".
Coinbase COIN.O said its customers may be experiencing degraded performance due to the AWS outage. The cryptocurrency exchange assured customers that funds remain safe and that it is investigating the issue.
