TikTok explains why it's establishing a data centre in Finland

TikTok says Kouvola data centre will store user data, not run AI

TikTok has confirmed that its planned data centre in Kouvola will serve only as a storage facility for European user data and will not be used for artificial intelligence operations. The company’s Christian Hannibal, head of public policy in Finland, told Yle that the Kouvola site forms part of TikTok’s €12 billion Project Clover initiative. The programme aims to process and store user data within European borders, with additional centres locate…

TikTok explains why it's establishing a data centre in Finland

A TikTok representative told Yle that the planned data centre in Kouvola is strictly for storing European user data, and not for running AI systems.

Astrid Mirkin is not part of the list of executives who make up the Passes of the Year. In her case, her recruitment was not to replace another executive as responsible for TikTok's operations for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, but they sought her to start the operations of the platform in these countries, based in Buenos Aires. She graduated in Advertising from the University of Palermo and with a broad trajectory in the technological …

Christian Hannibal meets with Kouvola's top management.