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🔴 GCVE, NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions melting in europe-west4-a after cooling system decided to take an unscheduled siesta. Datacenters apparently run on optimism and ductape. Google's AC unit ghosted harder than a bad dating app match.

⏰ Jul 16, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

// The official story

UPDATE: Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions (BMS) services are experiencing temperature alerts in europe-west4-a.

// Status page says

Incident began at 2026-07-15 16:57 (all times are US/Pacific ). Summary Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions (BMS) services are experiencing a service outage in europe-west4-a due to a cooling failure Description The datacenter serving europe-west4-a for GCVE, BMS, and NetApp has experience

🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)

https://status.cloud.google.com/incidents/3BvH3LVGcupoYqV6F4Nw

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