Cyber and resilience
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DIGITALEUROPE seeks targeted cloud sovereignty rules
DIGITALEUROPE has urged EU lawmakers to reserve strict cloud sovereignty requirements for highly sensitive public workloads, arguing for consistent rules across member states.
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European regulators question Google over cloud outage
The European Banking Authority has sought information from Google Cloud after its London outage disrupted financial services. UK parliamentarians are separately questioning regulators about oversight under the Critical Third Parties regime.
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GigaCenter suspends Kyiv operations after Russian strike
GigaCenter has suspended its Kyiv colocation operations indefinitely after a Russian strike on 20 October caused critical damage. Associated cloud provider GigaCloud reports continued service through alternative infrastructure.
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Betolar and Enersense agree infrastructure protection framework
Betolar and Enersense have formalised a framework for protecting substations and critical infrastructure in Finland and the Baltics, including data centre electrical assets. No customer installation or contract value has been announced.
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Renewed strike destroys Datagroup’s Kyiv data centre
Datagroup says a renewed Russian ballistic strike on 19 October destroyed its Kyiv data centre beyond repair. Employees were unharmed and customer services continue from reserve facilities, although replacement costs and lost capacity have not been disclosed.
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Google restores London cloud services after power event
Google Cloud has closed a London regional outage lasting seven hours and 52 minutes following a power event in one availability zone. Its underlying equipment failure remains unidentified, while banks and public services reported disruption.
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Israel outlines 200MW data centre connection limit
Israel’s Electricity Authority has proposed a 200MW limit for new data centres, alongside financial guarantees and emergency disconnection requirements, following grid connection requests totalling approximately 27GW.
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Arson attempt targets Starlink at Lithuanian data centre
Lithuanian authorities are investigating an attempted arson attack against Starlink equipment at Delska’s Vilnius premises. The attack caused limited damage and prompted stronger protection of critical infrastructure.
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Arelion expands live Baltic network capacity
Arelion has provisioned multi-terabit capacity on its Helsinki–Warsaw corridor and connected additional enterprise and wholesale customers, extending the operational use of its Baltic network.
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Drone strike damages VK data centre infrastructure
A drone attack on VK’s data centre near St Petersburg reportedly damaged transformer equipment and a warehouse, while network monitoring recorded reduced connectivity despite the company’s statement that services remained available.