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Google Cloud outage disrupts banking and online services across Europe

20 October 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

20 October 2026

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technology

◆ Sectors

Banking Infrastructure

◆ Geography

Europe

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Fusion42 · 20 October 2026 · Fusion42 review

A power outage at a Google Cloud data center in London caused widespread disruptions across Europe, affecting banking services including Revolut, several British banks, parcel delivery firms, NHS services, and online platforms. The outage originated in the europe-west2-b zone and impacted services beyond the UK.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Banking Infrastructure, and 35 sources have reported it between 20 Oct 2026 and 26 Oct 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Google Cloud's outage exposes critical risks in relying on a single cloud region for essential services across Europe. You must re-evaluate your cloud resilience strategy now and explore multi-region redundancy to avoid being sidelined by similar failures.

◆ Coverage

35 sources · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · latest 26 Oct 2026

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Banking Infrastructuregoogle-cloudoutagebanking-disruptioneuropecloud-infra