A significant power outage at a Google datacenter located in London has resulted in widespread service disruptions across the city. The incident, which occurred within Google’s 'europe-west2-b' zone, triggered a cascade of technical failures that impacted several major institutions. According to data from the tracking website Downdetector, the outage caused connectivity issues for users of the Royal Mail, as well as banking services including Revolut, HSBC, and Lloyds Bank.

Beyond financial services, the disruption extended to public infrastructure. Reports indicate that court hearings were temporarily paused, and users experienced glitches while attempting to access the NHS app. Google maintains over a dozen such zones across Europe to support its cloud infrastructure and client services. While the scale of this disruption is notable, current reports suggest it has not yet reached the magnitude of a similar widespread outage that occurred last year involving Amazon Web Services. Google has not yet provided a detailed technical explanation for the root cause of the power failure, nor have they confirmed a specific timeline for a full restoration of all affected services.