TikTok confirmed Thursday that it will establish a new European data center in Ireland, its first in Europe, a move that analysts said displays the company’s determination to strengthen data security and pursue overseas expansion, despite the US’ mafia-style crackdown on the short video app.
The investment in Ireland, to the value of approximately 420 million euros ($500 million), will create hundreds of new jobs and play a key role in strengthening security of TikTok’s user data in Europe backed up with a state-of-the art network security defense system there.
The data center is expected to be operational in early 2022.
TikTok established the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Trust and Safety Hub in the Ireland’s capital Dublin at the beginning of the year. TikTok’s Irish company has recently become the data controller alongside TikTok’s UK company, with the former now the service provider for users across the European Economic Area and Switzerland, according to TikTok.
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