Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X
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Summary
A fire broke out at a data centre in Oregon, leased by Elon Musk’s X, forcing responders to take longer at the scene than usual, with one local official saying the fire involved batteries, which can be particularly volatile.
The building, in a Portland suburb, has been linked to data centre developer Digital Realty, but it’s unclear if X was the sole tenant at the location.
X didn’t respond to a request for comment on whether server operations had been affected.
The incident follows Christmas Eve 2022 decisions to shut down a Sacramento data centre, which resulted in a major outage, with servers then moved to Portland and Atlanta.
Company documents showover the next six months, the company moved more than 2,573server racks from the Sacramento facility to Atlanta and Portland.
