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X Outage Disrupts Global Access Due to Data Center Failure

  • On the morning of May 22, 2025, a fire occurred at a Hillsboro, Oregon facility used by Elon Musk’s company X.
  • The fire involved commercial-grade batteries and prompted evacuation, but it caused no injuries and remained contained to one room.
  • Following the fire, X experienced widespread outages reported worldwide, notably in London and several UK cities, affecting most site features.
  • X's Engineering account attributed problems to a data center outage, while Elon Musk also blamed a massive cyberattack and poor server security.
  • The fire department ended its response, the situation is under control, and the company is prioritizing safety, facility integrity, and minimizing user impact.
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X continues to suffer bugs following Thursday outage

For over 24 hours, many X users, including this reporter, have been experiencing issues with the site's basic functionality.

·United States
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Houston PressHouston Press
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X is Down...Again

X, formerly known as Twitter suffered an outage Thursday evening that continued into Friday morning the company has blamed on a problem with their data center.

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Hindustan TimesHindustan Times
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Direct messages not working on X: Users hit with ‘something went wrong’ error

X users are reporting that Direct Messages (DMs) are not working. The issue began Thursday afternoon (EDT).

·New Delhi, India
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nationalworld.comnationalworld.com
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Social media app goes down for users with DMs not working 'for over 10 hours'

X/Twitter has been hit with a major outage with hundreds of users struggling to access the website and app.

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EngadgetEngadget
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X is experiencing a data center outage

X is experiencing 'performance issues' that are keeping users from using the social media platform.

·United States
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The OregonianThe Oregonian
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Outages spike on X after fire at Oregon data center

A battery fire broke out in a Hillsboro data center Thursday morning, prompting evacuation of the site but causing no injuries.

·Portland, United States
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