Google Cloud down - major outage across Europe hits big brands, banking apps and more

Date:
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:36:16 +0000

Description:
Google Cloud is currently having issues across Europe, affecting multiple other sites.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Get notified of updates 2026-10-20T09:40:29.612Z As the technological backbone
for many other companies, the Google Cloud issue may well be affecting a
range of customers.

DownDetector is showing a few spikes for other companies that seem to mirror its own pattern - with several major banking apps including the likes of Revolut and Lloyds Bank in the UK apparently affected.

You can follow TechRadar's coverage of that outage in our seperate live blog here. (Image credit: downdetector) 2026-10-20T09:38:12.812Z DownDetector is showing a big spike in user reports that something is not well at Google Cloud, although numbers do appear to have fallen slightly. (Image credit: Downdetector) Good morning - well, maybe not so good for Google Cloud, which has confirmed it is suffering issues across Europe.

On its status page, the company confirmed it was seeing that " Multiple services are experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region." The problems were confirmed at 10.24am BST/02.24am PST, so it could be a busy day for Google workers... View More You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Logout



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