TikTok U.S. seeks multiple gigawatts of computing power

TikTok's U.S. operations are actively pursuing multiple gigawatts of computing capacity to support its platform, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company has been sounding out opportunities with data center operators and infrastructure providers to secure adequate power and processing resources over the coming years.

The move reflects the growing computational demands of large-scale social media platforms as they handle video processing, content recommendation systems, and user data at massive scale. Data center capacity and electricity have become critical constraints for companies operating compute-heavy services.