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Mar 30, 2020 · Cloud Computing

What Triggered the Massive Google Cloud Outage on March 26 2020?

On March 26 2020 Google’s core services—including Search, Gmail, YouTube and G Suite—experienced a worldwide outage caused by a router failure in an Atlanta data center, a third‑party software bug that disrupted traffic across multiple regions, prompting detailed analysis from Google, DownDetector, ThousandEyes and other observers.