TikTok will open a $ 500 million information center in Ireland
ThepopularsocialnetworkandapplicationTikTokhasannounceditsintentiontobuildalargedatacenterinIreland: thecostoftheprojectisestimatedat $ 500million.
ThiswasreportedbyUkrinformwithreferencetotheBBC.
ThisIrishcenterwillstorevideos, messagesandotherdatacreatedbyEuropeanTikTokusers.
Itshouldbenotedthatuntilnow, thissocialnetworkstoredthedataofitsusersintheUnitedStates, andtheirbackups – inSingapore.
ThedecisiontoopenastoragecenterinIrelandcamejustafterUSPresidentDonaldTrumpthreatenedtobanTikTokinthecountry. DuetothefactthattheChineseoriginofthepropertyofthisapplicationandsocialnetworksposeadangertotheUnitedStatesanditsnationalinterests.
Inturn, theChinesecompanyBytedance, whosesubsidiaryisTikTok, rejectssuchaccusations.
Asyouknow, TikTokisaplatformfordistributingshortvideos. Overthepastfewyears, thisapplicationhasbecomeverypopularamongyoungpeoplearoundtheworld.