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| Google Cloud services down in UK; banks, public sector report issues |
| 2026-10-20 |
| [Reuters] Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) said on Tuesday its cloud services in the UK were back up after an hours-long outage that disrupted several financial firms and public-sector websites. The outage put the spotlight on concerns among UK and EU regulators about the financial sector's growing dependence on a small number of external technology providers, particularly cloud firms that support critical banking services. British digital bank Revolut said the outage disrupted multiple services, with its status page showing card payments and ATM withdrawals as affected, although the firm said its customers' money and data remained safe. CLOUD RELIANCE CONCERNS On Tuesday, Google said engineering teams had restored full service availability following a disruption caused by a "power event" in its europe-west2 cloud region, a London-based network of multiple data centers and availability zones that serves customers across Europe. In July, the UK brought Google Cloud, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Oracle under direct regulatory oversight as critical third-party suppliers to the financial sector, citing the risk that an outage at a major provider could disrupt multiple firms at once. Google Cloud was also among 19 technology companies designated by EU regulators last year as critical third-party computing providers on which the bloc's finance industry depends. Related: Google 10/19/2026 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 18, 2026 Google 10/19/2026 Latest information on the situation on the front line as of October 18 (updated) Google 10/19/2026 War on the Palaces: The Houthis Send a 'Black Mark' to the Saudi Sheikhs |
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