Power Degradation impacting GPU Performance in ATL1

lowDigitalOceanSep 9, 2026 10:47Duration: 1h 38m

apicapacity

Capacity IssueAPI Issue

Summary

This incident is now resolved. Power redundancy has been fully restored, and we have confirmed that customer impact has been mitigated. We are closing this incident.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Sep 9, 2026 10:47

[investigating] We are investigating a power issue affecting part of our ATL1 datacenter. Redundant power systems are keeping servers online, and we have not observed any server outages. However, available power capacity is reduced, which may cause degraded performance for some GPU workloads, particularly during periods of high utilization. Our datacenter and infrastructure teams are working to restore full power redundancy. We will provide an update as more information becomes available. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

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+45m

Sep 9, 2026 11:32

[monitoring] The power issue affecting part of our ATL1 datacenter has been fully resolved. Power redundancy has been restored, and any potential customer impact has been mitigated. We will continue monitoring the environment to ensure continued stability.

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+53m

Sep 9, 2026 12:25

[resolved] This incident is now resolved. Power redundancy has been fully restored, and we have confirmed that customer impact has been mitigated. We are closing this incident.

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Lessons Learned

⚠DigitalOcean has experienced 110 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to api, capacity have occurred 1029 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: Capacity Issue, API Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.