TikTok announced that it will invest more than 12 billion euros in Europe over the next decade and build three data centers for local users.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens West window past, Coje_He clue delivery! CTOnews.com, December 3 (Xinhua)-- according to the official TikTok press release, TikTok announced on Friday local time that it would invest more than 12 billion euros (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 93.24 billion yuan) in Europe over the next decade to implement a project called "Project Clover" to provide European users with "industry-leading" data protection.

Tuyuan PixabayTikTok announced that the total investment of 12 billion euros will be used in the following areas:

Three data centers located in EU countries and regions

Employ British cyber security company NCC as data audit and supervision

Further strengthen user data and privacy protection technology

According to reports, one of the three data centers is located in the Hamal region of Norway, and the other two are located in Ireland. Before the investment was announced, the data centre in Norway had already begun the first phase of operation. The first of the center's three separate buildings was delivered this week and the server is being installed and tested with the goal of starting the migration of user data by next summer. Two other buildings of the center are expected to be delivered in the second half of next year, and data migration is scheduled to begin at the end of 2024. When completed, it will be the largest data center in Europe.

In addition, a data centre in Dublin, Ireland, is already operational and began storing user data earlier this year.

TikTok also said that the company "knows that the bigger the scale, the greater the responsibility" and wants users to believe that the company can handle their data well.