{"id":20555,"date":"2025-10-21T16:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/significant-exposure-amazon-web-services-outage-exposed-uk-states-1-7bn-reliance-on-tech-giant\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:37:22","slug":"significant-exposure-amazon-web-services-outage-exposed-uk-states-1-7bn-reliance-on-tech-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/significant-exposure-amazon-web-services-outage-exposed-uk-states-1-7bn-reliance-on-tech-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Significant exposure\u2019: Amazon Web Services outage exposed UK state\u2019s \u00a31.7bn reliance on tech giant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK\u2019s own regulators, including the Treasury<\/p>\n

Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy beamed as he met Keir Starmer in Downing Street\u2019s garden to announce \u00a340bn of UK investments in June. Starmer was equally effusive<\/a>, gushing: \u201cThis deal shows that our plan for change is working \u2013bringing in investment, driving growth, and putting more money in people\u2019s pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four months later, and the tech company was left scrambling to fix a devastating global outage on Monday that left thousands of businesses in limbo \u2013 and shed light on the UK government\u2019s reliance on its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS).<\/p>\n

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\nCloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK\u2019s own regulators, including the Treasury
\nAmazon chief executive Andy Jassy beamed as he met Keir Starmer in Downing Street\u2019s garden to announce \u00a340bn of UK investments in June. Starmer was equally effusive, gushing: \u201cThis deal shows that our plan for change is working \u2013bringing in investment, driving growth, and putting more money in people\u2019s pockets.\u201d
\nFour months later, and the tech company was left scrambling to fix a devastating global outage on Monday that left thousands of businesses in limbo \u2013 and shed light on the UK government\u2019s reliance on its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services (AWS). Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK\u2019s own regulators, including the Treasury Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy beamed as he met Keir Starmer in Downing Street\u2019s garden to announce \u00a340bn of UK investments in June. Starmer was equally effusive, gushing: \u201cThis deal shows that our plan for change is working …<\/p>\n

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