Multiple Google Cloud services experienced global outages on Thursday, causing disruptions across various platforms. Social media users reported widespread issues affecting numerous internet services reliant on Google Cloud infrastructure.

According to a Google Cloud status page, the outages began at 10:51 a.m.PT.”We are experiencing service issues with multiple GCP products,” the status page stated. “Our engineering team continues to investigate the issue.”

Downdetector indicated over 13,000 reported incidents related to Google Cloud around 11:30 a.m. PT.

The incident impacted 13 Google cloud services across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Services affected included Amazon’s Twitch,CoreWeave’s Weights and Biases,Elastic,GitLab,LangChain,Microsoft’s GitHub,Replit,and Supabase.

Google Trends data showed a surge in searches for “Firebase,” Google’s developer platform for web and mobile app growth.

Impact on Developers and Online Services

The Google Cloud outage highlights the interconnectedness of modern online infrastructure.When a major provider like Google Cloud experiences issues, the ripple effects can be felt across a wide range of services and applications.

“We are experiencing service issues with multiple GCP products,”

Developers utilizing Google’s Firebase platform, as an example, may have faced challenges in building and managing their applications. similarly, businesses relying on other affected services could have experienced disruptions to their operations.

Google Investigates the Root Cause

Google’s engineering team is actively investigating the cause of the outages and working to restore full service functionality. The company has not yet released a detailed explanation of the incident.