X (Twitter) outage blamed on data centre failure, thousands affected worldwide

X Twitter Outage (Google Trends): A data centre outage at Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, disrupted access for thousands of users worldwide on 23 May. The issue peaked around midnight IST, with over 6,000 reports globally. The company acknowledged the technical problem through its engineering account but offered no timeline for a fix. While India saw limited impact, users across the US, Canada, Peru and Germany reported persistent trouble. The glitch marks the third major outage since September 2024, raising user concerns over platform stability.