Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Major UK Services Including Revolut

• •A power event at Google Cloud's London data center caused widespread service disruptions.
• •Major UK banks and services, including Revolut, were significantly affected, impacting millions of users.
• •Google Cloud's single-region architecture left customers vulnerable to outages without failover options.

On October 20, 2026, a power event at Google Cloud's London data center caused significant disruptions to various services, including banking apps like Revolut, Lloyds, and HSBC. The outage began at 07:08 BST and affected multiple cloud services across the europe-west2 region, leading to widespread issues with card payments, ATM withdrawals, and online banking. Google confirmed the outage was due to a power failure in the europe-west2-b availability zone, which is one of three zones in its London region. Although Google reported that the issue was mitigated by 15:00 BST, some customers continued to experience problems. The incident highlighted the risks associated with relying on a single cloud provider for critical services. Google has promised to conduct an internal investigation and provide a detailed analysis of the incident. Revolut, which serves millions of customers, reassured users that their money and data remained safe during the disruption.