Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Major Internet Services
A major Google Cloud outage caused widespread app disruptions, impacting Spotify, Discord, Cloudflare, and more.
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Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Major Internet Services
Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Major Internet Services Unexpected Google Cloud outages can cause ripple effects across much of the digital landscape—and that’s exactly what happened on June 12, 2025. A widespread Google Cloud outage brought down services across popular platforms like Spotify, Cloudflare, Discord, and Snapchat. Users flooded platforms like DownDetector with outage reports, and companies scrambled to update customers on recovery progress. Whether you’re a developer, IT professional, or an everyday user, this incident raises big questions about cloud reliability and service resilience. Image Credits:JuSun / Getty Images Let’s break down what happened, which platforms were impacted, and how cloud dependencies shaped this widespread disruption. What Caused the Google Cloud Outage? At approximately 11:46 a.m. PT, Google Cloud reported it was investigating an ongoing service disruption affecting several of its key services. Though the company didn’t imm…