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UPDATE: 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.

ResolvedcriticalUnverified reportFirst recorded update Jul 16, 2026, 03:34 AM · Resolved Jul 17, 2026, 06:40 AM

Incident began at 2026-07-15 16:57 and ended at 2026-07-16 05:25 (all times are US/Pacific ). Summary Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solution (BMS) services are experiencing temperature alerts in europe-west4-a. Description GCVE: Our engineering teams are currently working with data center facility teams to address the rising temperatures. A shutdown has already occurred for some private clouds, and we expect that others will shut down as well. We recommend shutting down your VMware workload VMs for precaution so that recovery is safer. A...

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