Google Cloud in the news: London datacentre outage and OpenAI deal to offer its models
Photo: The GuardianA power event at a Google datacentre in London, in its europe-west2-b zone, disrupted UK services starting around 7 a.m., according to Google. Downdetector reports named Royal Mail, Revolut, HSBC and Lloyds, and court hearings and the NHS app were also affected. Problems peaked around 9 a.m. and had largely eased by mid-afternoon. Revolut confirmed a disruption affecting multiple services.
Separately, OpenAI will offer its frontier AI models and Codex coding agent through Google Cloud in the coming weeks, the companies said Wednesday. That puts its models on all three top U.S. cloud providers. Google's cloud revenue growth reached about 82% in the second quarter, versus 37% at Amazon and 42% at Microsoft.
The sides covered different events. Left-leaning outlets reported the outage: The Guardian stressed dependence on a few cloud providers, using expert comments and a comparison with last year's Amazon outage, while The New York Times gave Google's "power event" account. Alternative outlets CNBC and Axios covered the OpenAI deal as enterprise expansion. Right-leaning Newsmax reported the deal as deepening ties between rivals.
How the sides differ Left sources cover the London Google Cloud outage and cloud concentration; alternative and right sources cover OpenAI's deal to offer its models on Google Cloud.
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- The New York TimesGoogle Reports Cloud Disruptions in Europe
The Guardian examines the London outage's knock-on effects and expert warnings about reliance on a few cloud providers; The New York Times briefly reports Google's explanation of a power event.
CNBC and Axios lead with OpenAI bringing its models to Google Cloud, citing enterprise distribution, cloud growth figures and the competitive race among providers.
Newsmax reports that OpenAI will sell its top models and Codex agent on Google Cloud, citing the companies and noting the deal deepens ties between rivals.