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

Google Cloud is currently suffering what appears to be a major outage across most of Europe.

The company has confirmed "Multiple services are experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region" with user reports spiking on outage tracker site DownDetector.

We're tracking the issue here, so stay tuned for the latest updates.

October 20, 2026 at 9:40 AM • 4 minutes ago

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.

October 20, 2026 at 9:38 AM • 7 minutes ago

DownDetector is showing a big spike in user reports that...

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