NEWSFLASH: Musk’s X Faces Major Outage in India After Data Centre Crash

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing a significant outage in India, with users reporting widespread disruptions across both the mobile app and web versions. 

The issue appears to have stemmed from a major data centre outage that occurred early Saturday morning, according to engineering teams familiar with the matter.

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Downdetector, which monitors service disruptions, recorded a sharp spike in complaints around 6 PM, crossing 2,000 reports — a signal of how widespread the disruption has become. 

Users have reported being unable to log in, access timelines, or refresh content, affecting not just casual users but also business operations that rely on platform integration.

The Economic Times noted that this outage comes amid growing scrutiny over the platform’s technical resilience, especially as India pushes for more stringent cybersecurity protocols. 

The timing has drawn attention from digital rights groups, who have raised concerns over the lack of immediate public communication from the company’s India unit.

This is the second major outage for X in India this quarter. Analysts have linked the ongoing technical lapses to larger questions of infrastructure robustness and centralized dependencies — themes that have also surfaced in India’s global diplomacy, including during its anti-terror coordination efforts and recent engagements with key allies.

Users continue to await updates from X’s global engineering team. Meanwhile, questions around platform reliability and crisis response protocols have begun to surface again — much like the recent scrutiny seen in international forums where India called for accountability and digital sovereignty frameworks.