Overview
October 2026 power failure at a London-area Google Cloud zone triggered multi-hour outages for UK banks, fintechs, and public-sector sites, prompting EU/UK regulatory letters.
Timeline
- 2026-10-19/20: Power + PLC generator automation failure at
europe-west2-b; 6h10m incident (2026-10-22-gcp-europe-west2-incident-report) - 2026-10-22: eba/fca engage google-cloud; Treasury Committee scrutiny (2026-10-22-gcp-outage-reuters-regulators)
Key Players
Analysis
Single-zone facility dependency remains a systemic risk for regulated workloads; incident tests UK critical-third-party reporting rules.