← Back to context Comment by butler14 4 hours ago Any chance this is causing the claude issues directly/indirectly? 11 comments butler14 Reply wongarsu 3 hours ago I find it more likely that Anthropic has rented space in other data centers in the region that were also impacted by Iranian retaliation LAC-Tech 4 hours ago Why would they funnel all their traffic to a middle eastern AZ? DavidSJ 4 hours ago Capacity is tight, you serve from where you can. aurareturn 4 hours ago Probably also because most token use cases are not latency sensitive. A 200ms extra delay isn't going to change much for most use cases. 1 reply → lyu07282 2 hours ago Most people assume its because of the influx in chatgpt users switching to claude. 295% daily uninstall hike of ChatGPT: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-... joe_mamba 4 hours ago > U.S. Military Using Anthropic for Middle East Airstrikes[1]> Strikes hit AWS datacenter> Antropic aided strikes causes Anthropic outage lol[1] https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-... tamirzb 3 hours ago This comment makes it seem as if it's the US who striked the Amazon data center. temp0826 3 hours ago The US lost 3 of its own fighter jets yesterday due to friendly fire[0], is it out of the realm of possibility?[0] https://newrepublic.com/post/207197/us-shoots-three-fighter-... 1 reply → BlobberSnobber 3 hours ago It wasn't the US attacking the UAE, just FYI.
wongarsu 3 hours ago I find it more likely that Anthropic has rented space in other data centers in the region that were also impacted by Iranian retaliation
LAC-Tech 4 hours ago Why would they funnel all their traffic to a middle eastern AZ? DavidSJ 4 hours ago Capacity is tight, you serve from where you can. aurareturn 4 hours ago Probably also because most token use cases are not latency sensitive. A 200ms extra delay isn't going to change much for most use cases. 1 reply →
DavidSJ 4 hours ago Capacity is tight, you serve from where you can. aurareturn 4 hours ago Probably also because most token use cases are not latency sensitive. A 200ms extra delay isn't going to change much for most use cases. 1 reply →
aurareturn 4 hours ago Probably also because most token use cases are not latency sensitive. A 200ms extra delay isn't going to change much for most use cases. 1 reply →
lyu07282 2 hours ago Most people assume its because of the influx in chatgpt users switching to claude. 295% daily uninstall hike of ChatGPT: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-...
joe_mamba 4 hours ago > U.S. Military Using Anthropic for Middle East Airstrikes[1]> Strikes hit AWS datacenter> Antropic aided strikes causes Anthropic outage lol[1] https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-... tamirzb 3 hours ago This comment makes it seem as if it's the US who striked the Amazon data center. temp0826 3 hours ago The US lost 3 of its own fighter jets yesterday due to friendly fire[0], is it out of the realm of possibility?[0] https://newrepublic.com/post/207197/us-shoots-three-fighter-... 1 reply → BlobberSnobber 3 hours ago It wasn't the US attacking the UAE, just FYI.
tamirzb 3 hours ago This comment makes it seem as if it's the US who striked the Amazon data center. temp0826 3 hours ago The US lost 3 of its own fighter jets yesterday due to friendly fire[0], is it out of the realm of possibility?[0] https://newrepublic.com/post/207197/us-shoots-three-fighter-... 1 reply →
temp0826 3 hours ago The US lost 3 of its own fighter jets yesterday due to friendly fire[0], is it out of the realm of possibility?[0] https://newrepublic.com/post/207197/us-shoots-three-fighter-... 1 reply →
I find it more likely that Anthropic has rented space in other data centers in the region that were also impacted by Iranian retaliation
Why would they funnel all their traffic to a middle eastern AZ?
Capacity is tight, you serve from where you can.
Probably also because most token use cases are not latency sensitive. A 200ms extra delay isn't going to change much for most use cases.
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Most people assume its because of the influx in chatgpt users switching to claude. 295% daily uninstall hike of ChatGPT: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-...
> U.S. Military Using Anthropic for Middle East Airstrikes[1]
> Strikes hit AWS datacenter
> Antropic aided strikes causes Anthropic outage lol
[1] https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-strikes-2026/card/u-s-...
This comment makes it seem as if it's the US who striked the Amazon data center.
The US lost 3 of its own fighter jets yesterday due to friendly fire[0], is it out of the realm of possibility?
[0] https://newrepublic.com/post/207197/us-shoots-three-fighter-...
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It wasn't the US attacking the UAE, just FYI.