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Facts I'm confident in are:

The outage only caused centers to be unabke to perform their duties (tower and approach were able to continue operations), due to loss of radar and other instrumentation

SMART AI tool was rolled out to centers on the same day as the ground stop. It is not a tool used by approach or tower

The FAA did not provide any indication of the cause, which is unusual. Previous outages such as the ground stop in 2023, the FAA provided a reason within a few hours (this was the 2nd nation-wide ground stop since September 11, 2001)

As a note: I got this information from talking with my tower, so it's 2nd hand to begin with. Minor details may be inaccurate, but I stand behind the broad facts

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