Back to spending 24/7 at work: Elon Musk after world X outage

Following consecutive global outages on his social media platform X (previously Twitter), Elon Musk has introduced a return to his intensive work schedule, committing to spending practically all his time throughout his corporations. The tech billionaire introduced that he can be sleeping in convention rooms, server rooms, and manufacturing unit flooring to personally oversee essential developments at X, Tesla, and SpaceX.

“Back to spending 24/7 at work and sleeping in conference/server/factory rooms,” Musk posted on X. “I must be super focused on X/xAI and Tesla (plus Starship launch next week), as we have critical technologies rolling out,” he added.

His assertion got here within the wake of a serious outage on May 24, that left X users worldwide unable to use the platform. Outage monitoring service Downdetector recorded over 2,200 stories by 6:20 pm IST.

Musk acknowledged the disruption, admitting that “major operational improvements” are urgently wanted. “The failover redundancy should have worked, but did not,” he mentioned, highlighting deeper infrastructure points.

Adding to X’s latest challenges, stories surfaced of a fireplace at one of many platform’s knowledge facilities in Oregon, probably linked to battery programs. The incident required an prolonged emergency response and will have contributed to the service instability.

Musk To Exit Politics?

The Tesla chief additionally introduced that he’ll cut back his political involvement.

After spending practically USD 300 million backing Donald Trump’s marketing campaign and main the Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE), Musk confronted mounting protests which resulted in decreased Tesla gross sales, notably within the US and Europe.

In response to investor strain, he earlier mentioned he would minimize his time with authorities duties to at least one or two days per week. However, he now seems to be stepping away from politics totally.

Musk’s renewed deal with his enterprise empire and round the clock work ethic goals to reassure traders, particularly amid issues over Tesla’s latest drop in annual deliveries and operational distractions.

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