A strong digital infrastructure, clean energy mix, robust data governance and skilled tech talent makes Finland, and Kuovola, an ideal location for the next phase of this development.

“We welcome TikTok to Kouvola. This is a significant investment that strengthens the City of Kouvola’s position as a developing regional center and shows that Kouvola is seen as an attractive investment environment. We are especially pleased about the new jobs created by the investment and its long-term impact on the region’s economy and vitality,” says Marita Toikka, Mayor of Kouvola

Once live, it will support the default storage of European user data within our secure European Enclave, expanding our capacity to manage data locally while meeting the highest standards of security and oversight.

With Project Clover, our voluntary multi-billion euro initiative, TikTok has implemented a comprehensive system that ensures unparalleled protection for European user data and privacy, above and beyond existing regulations, while enabling secure global data flows and innovation. This new center will become a key part of our European data enclave, which is protected by strict access controls and advanced technical safeguards, overseen by independent monitoring by NCC Group, a global leader in cybersecurity. These systems are designed to go beyond regulatory expectations, ensuring the integrity and privacy of our community’s data.

This latest milestone follows our Norwegian data center coming fully online last month, and we look forward to sharing further updates as the project progresses.

Project Clover at a glance

• TikTok has engaged with NCC Group to independently oversee, check, and verify our data controls and protections, monitor data flows, provide independent verification and report any anomalies
• TikTok’s European user data is stored by default in a dedicated European data enclave, hosted across data centers in Europe and the US
• Strict access controls enforced by security gateways ensure that employees in China have no access to restricted data, such as phone numbers or IP addresses, stored in our European enclave
• Advanced privacy-enhancing technologies de-identify certain data that needs to flow globally to operate a global platform, further protecting data

*European’ refers to EEA countries, the UK, and Switzerland