Google Cloud Outage in UK Eases After Affecting Digital Banks and Public Sector Websites

Google Cloud services in the UK have largely been restored following an hours-long outage caused by a 'power event' in its London-based europe-west2 cloud region. The disruption affected several financial firms, including digital banks like Revolut, and public-sector websites, highlighting concerns among regulators about the financial sector's reliance on a few external technology providers.