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title: "Power outage at Google Cloud disrupts UK banks"
description: "Most outlets led with the disruption caused by a power outage at Google’s London data center, noting the impact on UK banks and the restoration of services after several hours. One outlet added that the outage highlighted concerns about cloud service reliability."
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# Power outage at Google Cloud disrupts UK banks

world · updated 21 Oct 2026, 2:36 AM PKT · 20–21 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the disruption caused by a power outage at Google’s London data center, noting the impact on UK banks and the restoration of services after several hours. One outlet added that the outage highlighted concerns about cloud service reliability.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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- **Business Recorder** — [Power outage hits Google Cloud services, disrupting UK banks](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445217/power-outage-hits-google-cloud-services-disrupting-uk-banks) · 21 Oct 2026, 2:36 AM PKT
  > LONDON: Alphabet’s Google 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 bank...
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Power outage hits Google Cloud services, disrupting UK banks](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/power-outage-hits-google-cloud-services-disrupting-uk-banks-3004735) · 20 Oct 2026, 7:34 PM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing
  > A power outage at Google’s London data center led to significant disruptions for British banks, with services returning to normal after six hours.

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- [Google Cloud outage in London disrupts Revolut services](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15428-google-cloud-services-face-outage-in-london-revolut-services) · 20 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 80% related

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