Google Cloud outage affects services in Europe
An outage in Google's London region caused problems for several cloud services and Revolut.
Follow-up to: Revolut hit by payment disruption Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 11:41
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Google Cloud experienced errors and interruptions in its European infrastructure on Tuesday. Revolut also reported problems with several services, including payments and access to the app.
Google reported on its status page on Tuesday that several cloud services in the European region were experiencing errors and were temporarily unable to connect. According to Reuters, the problems occurred mainly in europe-west2, a Google data-centre region in London.
Revolut separately confirmed that several services had been disrupted. According to reports, users may have had difficulty opening the app, making transfers and paying with cards. A source familiar with the situation told Reuters that the problems at Revolut were linked to the Google outage. That explanation comes from Reuters' source.
The outage is therefore a new development on top of the payment problems Revolut had already experienced. For customers, the main point is that a cloud outage does not automatically mean that money has disappeared. Transactions may, however, be delayed or temporarily not visible. Revolut has advised users to follow the current status of its services.
The incident once again shows how heavily many digital services depend on a few major cloud providers. Banks, online retailers and government services manage their own applications, but have companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft handle some of the underlying computing power, storage or network connections.
That dependence makes outages visible beyond the company where they begin. At the same time, an incident at one location says nothing about the security or availability of all Google services worldwide. Google said its technical teams were investigating the cause. A definitive explanation for the incident had not yet been published on Tuesday afternoon.
For Dutch users, the effects on individual services are particularly relevant. There were no indications that all Dutch banks or payment networks had been affected by the same outage. Companies that use Google Cloud can reduce their risk by distributing systems across multiple regions or providers, but this makes infrastructure more expensive and technically more complex.
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The core facts were confirmed by Reuters and Google's own status page. The precise technical cause and the full extent were still unknown.
- confirmed Google Cloud reported errors and network problems in the European region on 20 October 2026. — Reuters referred to Google's status page. source
- confirmed The problems mainly affected the europe-west2 region in London. — Reuters and MarketScreener named the London region. source
- confirmed Revolut reported an outage affecting several services. — Reuters reported this. source
- confirmed A source linked the outage at Revolut to Google Cloud. — Reuters attributed this to a source familiar with the situation. source
- confirmed The cause of the outage had not been published by Tuesday afternoon. — The cited reporting said that Google was investigating. source
Editor's note
The outage and the problems at Revolut have been confirmed. The link between the two was reported by a Reuters source, but had not yet been formally explained by Google or Revolut.Sources
- Google Cloud services experience outage in Europe — Reuters via StreetInsider
- Google Cloud-diensten ondervinden storing in Londen, ook diensten van Revolut plat — Reuters via MarketScreener
- Google Cloud Service Health — Google
The story so far
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 11:41 Revolut hit by payment disruption
- Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 13:14 Google Cloud outage affects services in Europe (this article)
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