A major problem with Google Cloud affected popular online services like Spotify and Discord around the world. Many users reported issues, with Spotify having the most outage reports around 3 p.m. EST. Google Cloud confirmed the problem, saying it affected customers both in the US and internationally. Although they found the cause and started fixing it, Google Cloud could not say when the issue would be completely resolved. Google Cloud is a big host for internet services and is the fastest-growing part of Alphabet Inc., making $43.2 billion in revenue last year, which is a 31% increase from 2023. This happened even though Alphabet still makes most of its money from Google's search engine.