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# UK services disrupted after Google Cloud power failure
- URL: https://www.nupath.eu/uk-services-disrupted-after-google-cloud-power-failure/
- Published: 2026-10-21T04:44:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T04:44:54.000Z
- Author: Christian Triantafillou Schade
- Tags: News, United Kingdom, #source_Computer-Weekly

A power failure in a single London zone of Google Cloud disrupted UK banks, courts and couriers, with most services recovering by late afternoon. The incident highlighted the UK's reliance on a single non-EU cloud region for critical infrastructure, Computer Weekly reports. **(COMPUTERWEEKLY)**

[Google Cloud power event knocks out UK banks, courts and couriersGoogle runs a single UK cloud region, so when one London zone lost power, there was nowhere to failover – most services recovered by late afternoon, but courts are still down![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366652539/Google-Cloud-power-event-knocks-out-UK-banks-courts-and-couriers&sz=64)Computer Weekly![](https://www.computerweekly.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero Images/Google-touchscreen-adobe-Editorial-Use-Only.jpeg)](https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366652539/Google-Cloud-power-event-knocks-out-UK-banks-courts-and-couriers?ref=nupath.eu)