google outage took down snapchat and youtube for four hours - smart

The weekend's disruption to Google's services has cost YouTube and Snapchat users four hours of entertainment.
Almost all services that rely on Google's cloud platform
From YouTube and Snapchat to Nest, a smart home service-
Four hours on Sunday.
The problem is reported all over the world, and some people complain on social media that they can't even turn on the air conditioner due to a power outage
There are manual operations though.
The disruption has had an impact on Google's various services, not only on Google, but also on many of Google's partners --
Including Snapchat and record-offline.
In a statement to the media, the company acknowledged the power outage and blamed it on network congestion in California.
"We experienced severe network congestion in the eastern United States, affecting multiple services from Google Cloud, GSuite and YouTube," the company said.
"Users may see slow performance or intermittent errors.
"We believe we have identified the root cause of congestion and expect to return to normal service soon," the company said in a statement . ".