Google Cloud outage disrupts UK banks and public services after London power event

Google said the outage was caused by a power event at its London facility. The incident disrupted cloud services used by organizations across the United Kingdom, with reports describing interruptions to several banking services and other digital platforms.

The Guardian identified the affected facility as Google Cloud’s europe-west2-b zone in London. The Guardian also reported that court hearings were put on hold during the disruption and that patients experienced temporary glitches on the NHS app.

The disruption extended beyond financial and public services. Delivery or parcel services were affected, and The Register reported that property websites were also disrupted. The reports do not establish the exact number of organizations or users affected.

The Register reported that recovery was tentatively expected by 1300 UTC. That was a provisional estimate, not confirmation that all affected services had been restored, and the supplied reports do not establish the outage’s precise duration.

The available reporting establishes the connection between the London power event and the Google Cloud disruption, but it does not provide a detailed technical explanation of how the event produced the wider service interruptions. It also does not confirm the final restoration status across every affected service.