US EditionOracle Says Data Center Outage Causing Issues Faced by US TikTok Users
A power outage at a U.S. data center triggered cascading failures affecting TikTok’s U.S. app, with 220 million Americans impacted by related winter weather, the company said.
- On January 27, 2026, the TikTok US app said glitches stemmed from a power outage at an unnamed U.S. data center partner, with issues starting after last week's U.S. ownership transfer.
- The shift to U.S. ownership, in its first week, coincided with a major U.S. winter storm that affected 220 million Americans and may have contributed to TikTok's data center power outage.
- Server logs and user reports show U.S. creators and users faced server timeouts and display errors causing 0 views, slower load times, posting failures, and direct messaging errors with Jeffrey Epstein's name; CNBC recreated the messaging error.
- TikTok said it has made significant progress recovering U.S. infrastructure with its U.S. data center partner but warned some U.S. users may still experience technical issues when posting and disputed censorship claims while investigating messaging errors.
- The timing places the new U.S. joint venture under political scrutiny amid civil unrest after Alex Pretti's death and calls for regulatory review.
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Oracle says data center outage causing issues faced by US TikTok users
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 : Oracle on Tuesday said issues faced by U.S. users of social media app TikTok are the result of a temporary weather-related power outage at an Oracle data center, after California Governor Gavin Newsom linked the issues to what he called the suppression of content critical of President Donald Tru
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