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Google Cloud London outage blamed on misconfigured generators that failed to start

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A data centre in London lost power in October, and its backup generators did not switch on to cover the gap. Services used by banks such as Lloyds and HSBC, and by Royal Mail and , were disrupted as a result.

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  1. Thu 5 NovemberWhen datacenters lose power, generators should kick in. That didn’t happen for Google in LondonThe Register (all)

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