TikTok USDS Joint Venture, TikTok’s US operating entity, is seeking multiple gigawatts of computing capacity over the coming years, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

One source said the company is targeting four gigawatts by the early 2030s. A spokesperson said TikTok in the US runs mainly on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and that Oracle will remain its primary cloud provider.

In January, TikTok said it would retrain, test, and update its recommendation algorithm using US user data, with the algorithm secured in Oracle’s US cloud.

The company also had machine learning job openings and a job ad that described a business-to-business (B2B) AI product it is “shipping.”

The push comes as US data center electricity demand is projected to double by 2027, according to Goldman Sachs.

🔗 Source: CNBC

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