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Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down? Coincidence?

OpenAI, Claude, and Grok experienced simultaneous outages on [date not specified], according to status pages from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI. Hacker News users speculated that the outages may be linked to a cascading load shift or shared data center infrastructure, though no official cause has been confirmed.

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Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: Why are OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down? Coincidence? 5 points by halcdev 15 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments https://status.openai.com https://status.claude.com https://status.x.ai help codazoda 9 minutes ago | next [–] I kinda assume it's because one went down and a large amount of work shifted to another. I'm also aware that they have overlap in some areas on data centers. reply convivialdingo 10 minutes ago | prev [–] The Thundering Herd has thundered, apparently. reply Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact Search:

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