Google Cloud Outage After Delhi Fire Raises Resilience Questions
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Google Cloud suffered a regional disruption in India after a fire at a third-party facility in Delhi forced an emergency power shutdown. The outage affected traffic and connectivity for users and businesses in Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai, with Google adding mitigation and edge capacity to limit the impact. The incident also spotlights the fragility of India’s cloud and data localization environment, especially when critical services depend on a single local point of presence. The article argues that residency requirements only work when the underlying infrastructure has redundancy, safety controls, and strong uptime protections. It also notes that India’s rapid data center expansion is increasing pressure on water, energy, and regulatory oversight.
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