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Google Cloud Faces India Outage After Data Centre Fire
10 Jun
Summary
- A fire at a third-party data centre caused Google Cloud network disruptions.
- An emergency shutdown of networking equipment led to intermittent outages.
- Customers in India experienced elevated latency and slower services.
Alphabet's Google Cloud experienced intermittent network disruptions for some customers in India. The issue stemmed from a fire at a third-party data centre, which necessitated an emergency shutdown of networking equipment.
This shutdown isolated a local point of presence in Delhi, consequently reducing network capacity across the metropolitan area. The disruption affected network traffic from Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and adjacent regions, causing noticeable increases in latency.
Google Cloud has stated that restoration efforts are ongoing. While there is currently no workaround, the company is actively exploring additional traffic mitigation measures to minimize the impact on its users.
