{"id":599698,"date":"2023-12-01T14:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T11:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiktok-pledges-e12b-european-investment-as-norway-data-centre-nears-completion\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T11:13:23","slug":"tiktok-pledges-e12b-european-investment-as-norway-data-centre-nears-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-pledges-e12b-european-investment-as-norway-data-centre-nears-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"#TikTok pledges \u20ac12B European investment as Norway data centre nears completion"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n TikTok has promised to invest \u20ac12bn as part of an ongoing push to app<\/a>ease European regulators, who have <\/span>raised suspicions<\/span><\/a> that the app\u2019s user data is being monitored by the Chinese government.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to repeated allegations of this nature, the short-form video app launched Project Clover in March. While it might sound like a secret military sting operation, the programme is pretty mundane.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Essentially, Project Clover aims to build three massive data centres on the continent to keep European user data in Europe \u2014 and \u201cwithin reach\u201d of local authorities.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday, TikTok pledged \u20ac12bn over the next 10 years for the project. The first data centre, a facility in Dublin, Ireland, was <\/span>completed<\/span> in September. The second one is currently under construction in the frosty climes of Hamar, Norway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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TikTok this week announced it took possession of the first of three buildings at the site, and will begin migrating European data to the servers housed there from mid-2024. It said the centre will run solely on renewable energy and will be the largest facility of its kind in Europe once complete. The third and final data centre will also be built in Ireland.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/a>A worker walks outside TikTok\u2019s largest data centre in Europe, currently under construction in Hamar, Norway, November 30, 2023. REUTERS\/Victoria Klesty<\/figcaption>