Amazon reported its third-quarter 2025 earnings Thursday, revealing revenue rose 13% for the June-September period.

Experts say the incident revealed what can happen when a such a broad spectrum of companies rely on singular cloud provider.

User complaints surged on tracking site DownDetector just after noon Eastern time, with most reports concentrated in the company’s US-EAST-1 region.

Microsoft's Azure platform and other company services are experiencing an outage that started around 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday. The company reported that the outage was triggered by "an inadvertent configuration change" that impacted the Azure Front Door delivery network.

Amazon analysts highlight the company's accelerated growth for its AWS cloud segment in the third quarter and strong guidance ahead.

Amazon will report earnings after the closing bell on Thursday. Analysts want updates on AI progress, AWS, and retail margins.

On Wednesday Amazon announced the completion of its data-center initiative Project Rainier, which will primarily be used to service Anthropic's compute needs. The company expects Anthropic's Claude to be using over one million of Amazon's custom Trainium2 chips by year-end.

Amazon.com, Inc. outperformed expectations for Q3 2025, with AWS and Ads growth accelerating. Learn more about AMZN stock here.

AWS outage caused by a DNS automated systems error may result in a $581 million loss for Amazon as the cloud and AI company make changes to prevent similar failures.

By Rashika Singh and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Amazon shares surged more than 11% in early trading on Friday after strong growth at its cloud unit and a bullish sales outlook eased fears that the tech giant was falling behind rivals in the AI race.

Amazon shares hit a 52-week high after Q3 earnings beat estimates, driven by renewed AWS growth and strong ad revenue momentum.