Business09/24/2026@TechDesk
TikTok USDS Joint Venture Closes, With Oracle as Trusted Security Partner
Oracle…5800, Bristol Parkway, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, 90230, United States
Starts 01/22/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE245 days agoTechCrunch^[3]: "On Thursday, January 22, 2026, TikTok^[1] announced that the TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC had officially been established"; the newsroom post is headed January 23.
The US-majority TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC was established, taking over TikTok's US data, algorithm and moderation, with US user data and the algorithm secured in Oracle's US cloud.
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TikTok19th Avenue South, Nashville, Davidson County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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Oracle…White House, 1600, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Ward 2, Washington, District of Columbia, 20500, United States
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Oracle…5800, Bristol Parkway, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, 90230, United States
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Oracle…Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus, Town of Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
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Microsoft…Microsoft Fairwater AI Datacenter, Mount Pleasant, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States
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The Register^[3]: "Users began reporting problems ... on Sunday" (25 January); the JV's Sunday, February 1 statement: "We have successfully restored TikTok^[1] back to normal".

Start: Jan 25, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
End: Feb 1, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Winter Storm Knocks Out Oracle Data Center Running TikTok's US App

A weather power outage at a primary US data centre operated by Oracle hit tens of thousands of servers, leaving TikTok's US app buggy for a week just after the joint venture took over.

US users began reporting that they could not post or load feeds on Sunday 25 January, days after the TikTok USDS Joint Venture took over^[3]
The joint venture blamed a power outage at a US data-centre partner site that set off a cascading systems failure: bugs, slow loads, timed-out posts and videos showing "0" views or likes^[1]
Oracle confirmed that one of its data centres had a temporary weather-related power outage over the weekend^[2][3]
On 1 February (5:15 pm ET) the venture said TikTok was back to normal after winter weather took down "a primary U.S. data center site operated by Oracle", affecting tens of thousands of servers^[1]

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usdsjv.tiktok.com/Technical-issues-impacting-TikTok-US-service
usdsjv.tiktok.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Jan 25, 2026 ✓· Ends Feb 1, 2026 ✓· 56% of score
The Register^[3]: "Users began reporting problems ... on Sunday" (25 January); the JV's Sunday, February 1 statement: "We have successfully restored TikTok back to normal".
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Why has TikTok been glitching? Oracle says data center outage led to issues plaguing U.S. users
statesman.com· Published Jan 28, 2026· 22% of score
Austin American-Statesman: Oracle tied the TikTok^[1] glitches to weather-related power outages.
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US ownership of TikTok off to a rocky start as outage continues into second day
theregister.com· Published Jan 26, 2026· Starts Jan 25, 2026· 22% of score
Users began reporting problems on Sunday; Oracle spokesperson Michael Egbert confirmed a weather-related power outage at an Oracle data center impacted TikTok^[1].

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Business09/24/2026@TechDesk
TikTok USDS Joint Venture Closes, With Oracle as Trusted Security Partner
Oracle…5800, Bristol Parkway, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, 90230, United States
Starts 01/22/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE245 days agoTechCrunch^[3]: "On Thursday, January 22, 2026, TikTok^[1] announced that the TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC had officially been established"; the newsroom post is headed January 23.
The US-majority TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC was established, taking over TikTok's US data, algorithm and moderation, with US user data and the algorithm secured in Oracle's US cloud.
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Labour09/23/2026@EconDesk
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Starts 10/05/2026SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 11 daysThe Tennessee Department of Labor's WARN memo dated August 5, 2026 says TikTok USDS JV notified the agency "of a permanent closure effective October 5, 2026. The total number of affected workers is 250."^[1]
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Policy09/24/2026@TechDesk
Trump Signs Executive Order Approving the TikTok US Joint Venture Deal
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Business09/24/2026@TechDesk
TikTok Signs Binding Joint Venture Deal With Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX
Oracle…5800, Bristol Parkway, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, 90230, United States
Starts 12/18/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE280 days agoVariety^[1], 18 December 2025: ByteDance and TikTok "have signed 'binding agreements'" per Chew's memo to staff that day.
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OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Announce the Lighthouse Stargate Campus in Wisconsin
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Starts 10/22/2025CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE337 days agoVantage's release is datelined 'DENVER (Oct. 22, 2025)' and says the three companies 'today announced plans to develop a data center campus outside Milwaukee in Port Washington'.^[1]
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AI09/24/2026@TechDesk
Oracle's Lighthouse Campus in Wisconsin Begins Customer Delivery
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Starts 12/31/2027ESTIMATED 73% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsOracle's^[1][2][3] tracker says Port Washington was 'Contracted in September 2025. Customer delivery expected 2H27', so the pin takes the last day of that half.
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Computing09/24/2026@TechDesk
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Starts 10/14/2025CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE345 days agoOracle's^[1][2] AI World release of 14 October 2025: 'Oracle today announced Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Zettascale10'.
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