16:29X returns after 2 hours-long outage as questions remain
X is back up after being down for roughly an hour, though it is still unclear what actually caused the disruption.
Today’s outage adds to a string of issues the platform faced last year. In May, the service went offline for several hours after a fire broke out at a data center in Oregon.
Then in November, X was hit again when Cloudflare Inc. suffered a major network outage that affected multiple online services.
Two weeks ago, Cryptopolitan reported that Elon Musk said he is combining two of the companies he leads, SpaceX and xAI, which owns X.
Elon announced that “SpaceX has acquired xAI” to build what he described as a deeply integrated innovation engine connecting AI, rockets, satellite internet, direct-to-mobile communications and X’s real-time information platform.
Elon added that this move marks “the next chapter” in the companies’ mission to scale technology in a way that pushes intelligence beyond Earth.
He also pointed to the limits of current AI infrastructure, saying today’s advances rely on massive data centers that consume huge amounts of power and cooling.
According to Elon, global electricity demand for AI cannot realistically be met long term using only terrestrial solutions without straining communities and the environment.
Last thing Elon has tweeted today is “Starlink is awesome. Great bandwidth and low latency anywhere on Earth. And soon off Earth.”
14:52X outage hits thousands on Monday morning
If that error message below keeps staring back at you on X, whether you are on your laptop or phone, you are not alone. A huge outage has slammed the platform this Monday morning, and it is spreading fast.
Source: X
The trouble first showed up around 1pm GMT when Downdetector lit up with a sudden surge of complaints in both the US and UK.
Early numbers showed more than 11,000 reports in the US and over 3,300 in the UK. Since then, the situation has escalated sharply, with US reports now climbing past 40,000.
There is still no official statement from X explaining what went wrong. For now, silence.
Normally, users would rush to X itself for updates during a major crash. That is not possible this time. The @Support account cannot be reached either.
Instead, people are gathering in the Downdetector comments section, treating it like a temporary town square. Many say posts are not loading at all, profile pages are blank, and nothing refreshes even after hitting the “retry” button again and again.
When X last suffered a major outage in November 2025, the issue was tied to Cloudflare. This time, that does not seem to be happening.
Downdetector is only showing small, limited spikes for both Cloudflare and AWS, which suggests the cause may be somewhere else.
What to know
X went down during a wave of overnight outages that also hit Discord, Brawl Stars, and Overwatch 2, leaving users unable to log in or keep stable connections.
