A massive outage at Elon Musk's Memphis data center took down Grok and affected other AI services

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First reported

3 September 2026

Latest report

4 September 2026

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United States

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1. 3 September 2026Major AI Outage: Grok Trouble Blamed on Outage at Memphis Data Centeruk.pcmag.com
2. 4 September 2026A massive outage at Elon Musk's Memphis data center took down Grok and affected other AI servicesdev.ua

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2 reports · 2 domains

• A massive outage at Elon Musk's Memphis data center took down Grok and affected other AI servicesdev.ua · 4 September 2026
• Major AI Outage: Grok Trouble Blamed on Outage at Memphis Data Centeruk.pcmag.com · 3 September 2026