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News - China, TikTok
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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TikTok owner ByteDance signs 500MW data center deal with Vnet in China- report
As Vnet raises money to expand its Mainland China footprint
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TikTok US spin-off finalized, led by Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX
ByteDance retains 19.9 percent stake
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ByteDance signs deal to put TikTok US in control of Oracle-led consortium and avoid ban
Is the saga finally over?
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Trump signs EO bringing TikTok sale closer, as Oracle looks to partner with MGX, Fox, and Silver Lake for acquisition
Trump backers headline list of expected acquirers
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Trump extends ByteDance's TikTok sale window, again
Shortform vids, longform saga
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TikTok drops ByteDance CDN in the US following brief shutdown
Comes as parent company plans $12bn AI chip splurge
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TikTok services return in US after Trump promises it will be un-banned
But could still be forced into a joint venture
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US Supreme Court to review TikTok ban delay request
ByteDance hopes to make it till Trump's next term
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TikTok loses court appeal, on track to be banned in the US
Unless the social media app can be sold by its Chinese owner... or Trump comes to the rescue
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US DoJ alleges TikTok has been storing sensitive US customer data on China-based servers
Claims made in response to legal challenge against forced sale of the app
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TikTok owner’s ByteDance working with Broadcom to develop AI chips
Advanced AI processors will be manufactured by TSMC
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Chinese companies exploiting sanctions loophole by accessing GPUs in the US - report
Chinese cloud providers have also attempted to establish data centers in the US to avoid sanctions
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US House passes bill that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok or face ban
Oracle would have to stop hosting it, if it doesn't sell
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House Committee votes to force TikTok sale, would block US data centers from hosting app
Company relies on Oracle for American operations
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TikTok opens data center in Dublin, Ireland
After Covid delayed the project by a year-and-a-half
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ByteDance pledges to be operationally carbon neutral by 2030
Will see IT provider reduce emissions by at least 90 percent
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ByteDance hires for in-house AI chip development
Joining the hyperscalers in building custom hardware
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TikTok owner ByteDance criticized in Greenpeace report on Chinese cloud providers
GDS leads the pack - but Chinese cloud giants are slow to pick up renewable energy
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Forced sale of TikTok US to Oracle and Walmart shelved indefinitely
The Biden administration is less focused on social media
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New Chinese export policy threatens forced sale of TikTok US
So... checkmate?
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Trump calls Oracle "a great company," promotes donor Ellison in TikTok bid
And he still thinks the US should get a cut
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China: "The US is not qualified to build a coalition of 'clean countries' because itself is dirty all over"
Effort to build an Internet without Chinese companies labelled "bullying"
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Trump signs order trying to ban ByteDance and TikTok from Sept 20, along with Tencent's WeChat
But Microsoft still has a chance to buy the company
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TikTok announces $500m data center in Ireland
Aiming to address privacy concerns
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Microsoft looks to acquire TikTok's US operations, as Trump threatens ban
What would that mean for Google Cloud and Digital Realty contracts?
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Report: Google Cloud sold $800m in cloud services to TikTok in 2019
TikTok seems to be under the sword of Damocles
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India bans TikTok, WeChat as tensions with China spiral
Leaving Chinese-backed data centers in India in the lurch