Norwegian company says TikTok data centre is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition

the guardian ^

[algore]

Head of Norwegian manufacturer Nammo says plans to increase production at its largest factory are affected by demands of nearby data centre

One of Europe’s largest ammunition manufacturers has said efforts to meet surging demand from the war in Ukraine have been stymied by a new TikTok data centre that is monopolising electricity in the region close to its biggest factory.

The chief executive of Nammo, which is co-owned by the Norwegian government, said a planned expansion of its largest factory in central Norway hit a roadblock due to a lack of surplus energy, with the construction of TikTok’s new data centre using up electricity in the local area.

“We are concerned because we see our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos,” Morten Brandtzæg told the Financial Times.

Demand for artillery rounds is 15 times higher than normal and Europe’s munitions industry needs to invest €2bn in new factories to keep up with Ukraine’s needs, according to Brandtzæg.

But plans by Nammo to expand its largest manufacturing facility appear to have come up against TikTok’s efforts to improve its image in the face of a growing number of bans across the world by housing the data of Europeans more locally.

However, in an effort to placate European lawmakers, TikTok said it would begin storing European user data locally this year, with migration continuing into 2024 and reduce employee access to user data internally.

The company announced plans to open new data centres in Ireland and in the Hamar region of Norway.

Elvia, the local energy provider, confirmed to the Financial Times that the electricity network had no spare capacity after allocating it to the data centre on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional capacity would take time to become available.

[BenLurkin]

Cat Videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwF3BjKfko

[SecondAmendment]

If only they could tap some vast source of cheap, clean source of energy that could also make plants grow and make food to eat and air to breathe ...

[DesertRhino]

Freaking hilarious. They are all in on going after TikTok. Now it’s impeding the Uke war on the Donbass.

[Don W]

If my eyes could roll any further into my head, I think my optic nerve on both eyes would snap.

Good Grief!

[montag813]

What utter nonsense. Norway is a large energy producer, and one of the world’s largest exporters of oil. Most of the electricity in the country is produced by hydroelectricity.

[McGruff]

Collusion!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Close Tik Tok centers down and seize them as enemy sabotage facilities.

[PIF]

Just coincidence we assure you.

[Krosan]

Norwegians are very lucky because they have plenty of extremely cheap hydroelectricity. If this news is real then the problem must be getting it into the exact zone where the ammo maker is.

[SunkenCiv]

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