{
  "id": 15837101,
  "title": "Google resolves cloud outage affecting UK banks and websites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/google-resolves-cloud-outage-affecting-uk-banks-and-websites-15837101",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-20T23:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Joy Business",
    "slug": "joy-business",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/google-resolves-cloud-outage-affecting-uk-banks-and-websites/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Cloud has resolved a cloud outage affecting UK banks, businesses and the courts. The disruption impacted popular UK services like Revolut, Lloyds Bank, and HSBC, as well as the HM Courts and Tribunals Service. The company, one of the major cloud computing providers, reported issues with multiple services at its London data centre complex \"europe-west2\" early Tuesday. Google Cloud attributed the problem to a \"power event\" within one of its smaller data centre zones, europe-west2-b. The disruption affected a range of online platforms, with users reporting issues with services including Royal Mail, DPD, and e-bike service Forest. Revolut customers were left unable to access funds or view transactions, causing inconvenience and frustration. The tech giant apologized to those affected and thanked customers for their patience, stating that services have been restored. Google Cloud promised to publish an analysis of the incident on its service health dashboard.",
  "summary": "Google Cloud says it has resolved disruption at its UK cloud site which caused an outage affecting UK banks, businesses and the courts.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}