Google hit by worldwide outage as users report search engine down
Source: The Guardian
Google experienced a major international internet outage on Tuesday, technology platforms reported.
The realtime online platform Downdetector reported users had registered problems with Google explorer, the world’s dominant search engine from 2.12am BST (9.12pm EST, 11.12AM AEST.
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Users said sister platforms Gmail, Google maps and Google images were also experiencing problems. Both rely on Google’s search engine to operate.
Network intelligence company ThousandEyes Inc reported Google outages were affecting at least 1,338 servers globally across more than 40 countries including the United States, Australia, South Africa, Kenya, Israel, parts of South America, Europe and Asia including China and Japan.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/09/google-outage-search-down
I posted in GD about an electrical incident that injured three electricians at a Google data center in Iowa about noon today, but the outage problems didn't start till at least several hours later and are worldwide, so apparently there's no connection to that accident, though it was one of Google's larger data centers.
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I did too! 
Any number of delayed problems could have arisen in the hours following the fire.
I work in the industry, happens all the time. I just worked on remediating a major Data Center fire event earlier this year - took weeks to fully recover.
didn't notice. I use one of those 'other' ones 
