After mass outages at X over the Memorial Day weekend and a fire at a data center, the app's owner, Elon Musk, 53, is taking matters into his own hands — with a self-imposed return-to-office mandate. In a recent X post, the multi-CEO responded to the outage news by saying that he is going back to his "hardcore" roots at X, xAI, and Tesla. uptime issues this week, major operational… — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2025"We have critical technologies rolling out," he continued. "As evidenced by the X uptime issues this week, major operational improvements need to be made. Related: A Tesla Executive Received a Record Pay Package, and It's Not Elon Musk