Global Scale: X's Impact Across the Planet
Elon Musk's social media platform, now known as X, encountered a global disruption on Thursday, May 22, 2025. Users across various countries reported problems with the network, with more than 2500 incidents reported on alloutages.de around 3 pm. This outage meant that users were unable to send posts or update their timelines.
Netblocks, an analysis firm, reported international outages for some users, which were not related to internet disruptions or filtrations in specific countries. The cause of the outage remained unclear, although the "Bild" newspaper and local media in Oregon suggested a fire at X's data center in Hillsboro as the culprit.
According to reports, the fire broke out in a room containing batteries within the data center. X's engineering team acknowledged the data center outage and was working to resolve the issue, though the platform had not yet fully recovered as of the latest reports.
[1] Source: ntv.de, jwu/dpa[2] Source: Not explicitly provided in the original text, but can be inferred from the context of the provided enrichment data.
[1] The global disruption on X, formerly Twitter, was not solely due to internet disruptions or filtrations in specific countries; it was partly attributed to a fire at their data center in Hillsboro, USA, impacting the technology behind social media, entertainment, and more, as reported by various sources.
[2] Elon Musk, the CEO of X, faced challenges with one of the USA's most significant social media platforms, as the outage affected its ability to function effectively, renewing discussions about technology's role in entertainment and communication.
