New Delhi, October 20, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Google Cloud services in London experienced network disruptions on Tuesday following a power-related incident, affecting multiple online platforms, including British digital banking application Revolut.
Google confirmed that several services were experiencing issues in its Europe-west2 region, which is based in London. According to the company, the disruption began around 7 am British Summer Time (BST) and was linked to a power incident affecting its Europe-west2-b zone.
In an update on its Cloud Status page, Google said the power incident had been mitigated and that partial recovery of infrastructure services was expected within 30 minutes, followed by the restoration of remaining services. However, its engineering team continued to investigate the wider disruption, and the company apologised to affected customers.
The outage prompted reports of problems across several online platforms. Revolut reported disruptions affecting multiple services, with thousands of customers reporting difficulties accessing the application. The company said customers’ money and data remained safe and that it had been working to resolve the issue since it was identified in the morning.
Halifax also acknowledged reports of problems with its mobile application and website. Responding to a customer on social media platform X, the bank said it was aware of the difficulties and was working to restore normal services. It advised customers that they could still contact the bank by telephone if necessary. However, Halifax did not confirm whether its disruption was directly linked to the Google Cloud incident.
UK-based budgeting application Emma also reported an outage, attributing it to the Google Cloud disruption affecting London since 7 am. The company said the issue was technical rather than security-related and that it was monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, website monitoring platform Downdetector recorded an increase in user-reported problems across several websites and online services on Tuesday morning.
However, it remained unclear whether all the affected platforms relied on Google Cloud infrastructure or whether their reported disruptions were directly connected to the incident.
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