A power outage at a data center belonging to the "Google Cloud" service near London on Tuesday caused widespread disruptions to several digital and banking services in the United Kingdom. Google stated in a statement relayed by Euronews that its cloud services experienced an outage due to an electrical issue, adding that it is working to restore services fully as quickly as possible.
The outage affected several financial institutions, with customers of the digital bank "Revolut" facing issues with cash withdrawals, bank transfers, and card top-ups. Meanwhile, "Lloyds" and "HSBC" banks confirmed that some of their electronic services experienced disruptions and access difficulties.
For its part, "Revolut" bank confirmed it is working to resolve the issue, emphasizing that customer funds and data were not affected by the technical glitch. Google stated that the incident began this morning, noting that several Google Cloud services are experiencing high error rates and intermittent network outages at its London data center.
The internet outage tracking website "Downdetector" recorded hundreds of reports regarding service interruptions at British websites and companies, including real estate platforms and postal services. "Google Cloud" is one of the largest cloud computing platforms in the world, relied upon by thousands of companies and financial and commercial institutions to run their applications and digital services.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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