Grok outage traced to Memphis compute center failure, Musk says corrective action taken
NicoVerderosa · x · 2026-09-04
SpaceXAI publicly apologized for a Grok outage caused by a failure at its Memphis compute center, also apologizing to affected compute partners. All systems have been restored, and Elon Musk said corrective action is underway to prevent a recurrence.
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