Overview
- X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced consecutive global outages on May 22 and May 24, leaving millions of users unable to access core features like timelines and notifications.
- The second outage on May 24 followed a fire at an X-leased data center in Hillsboro, Oregon, which reportedly caused significant disruptions to the platform's infrastructure.
- Elon Musk acknowledged the platform's reliability issues and stated that major operational improvements are necessary to address ongoing technical challenges.
- X's Engineering team confirmed the outages were linked to data center failures and assured users that they are actively working to restore full functionality.
- The incidents have intensified user frustration, with many migrating to alternative platforms during the disruptions, highlighting concerns over X's operational resilience post-workforce reductions.