Social Media Platform X (Twitter) is Down - Here's Why

The social media platform X - previously known as Twitter before Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of the platform - started experiencing outages on a small scale on since May 22.

According to a report from Wired, a fire broke out at the data center in Hillsboro, Oregon, leased by Elon Musk’s X, "forcing an extended response from emergency crews." 

"Firefighters arrived at the Hillsboro Technology Park, in a suburb west of Portland, at 10:21 am, according to Hillsboro Fire and Rescue spokesperson Piseth Pich.