White House in talks with Oracle and Microsoft over TikTok acquisition
Oracle would lead deal to acquire global operations
Oracle would lead deal to acquire global operations
Comes as parent company plans $12bn AI chip splurge
But could still be forced into a joint venture
TikTok owner increasing compute capacity to meet AI demands
Would make TikTok’s parent company one of Nvidia’s biggest customers
ByteDance hopes to make it till Trump's next term
Acquired double the Nvidia chips as Meta, according to Omdia
Unless the social media app can be sold by its Chinese owner... or Trump comes to the rescue
Progress is made on "Project Clover"
Could open as soon as next year
Accounting for a quarter of all spend on Azure OpenAI
As ByteDance battles ban in the US
Claims made in response to legal challenge against forced sale of the app
Cloud provider includes warning to investors in annual report
Advanced AI processors will be manufactured by TSMC
Minister hails boost for Malaysia's digital economy
Chinese cloud providers have also attempted to establish data centers in the US to avoid sanctions
Platform will be banned if it's not sold
Oracle would have to stop hosting it, if it doesn't sell
Company relies on Oracle for American operations
After Covid delayed the project by a year-and-a-half
Local hyperscalers want to get in on generative AI explosion, but can only get pared-back chips
A huge win for the chip startup, as well as data center host Colovore
But more stringent data center rules on the horizon