"We have successfully restored TikTok back to normal after a significant outage caused by winter weather took down a primary U.S. data center site operated by Oracle. The winter storm led to a power outage which caused network and storage issues at the site and impacted tens of thousands of servers that help keep TikTok running in the U.S. This affected many of TikTok's core features-from content posting and discovery to the real-time display of video likes and view counts,"
"Following the deal finalization - which coincided with the snowstorm - users experienced glitches in features like posting, searching within the app, slower load times, and time-outs. TikTok noted that creators might see zero views on their posts until the problem was resolved. Later, the company said that it was working on solving the issue, but outages persisted, and users faced problems with posting content."
"In January, the U.S. finalized the deal to create a separate entity for TikTok. A U.S.-based investor consortium called TikTok USDS took a controlling 80% stake, with the remaining 20% ownership held by ByteDance. The Mark Cuban-backed short video app Skylight, which is built on the AT protocol, saw its user base soar to more than 380,000 users in the week the deal was finalized."
TikTok briefly lost major functionality in the U.S. after a winter storm caused a power outage at an Oracle-operated primary data center, affecting network and storage systems across tens of thousands of servers. Core features including content posting, discovery, and the real-time display of likes and view counts experienced glitches, and creators reported zero views on some posts. Service was restored after recovery efforts. The ownership of U.S. TikTok shifted to a U.S.-based investor consortium, TikTok USDS, holding 80% with ByteDance retaining 20%. The outages and transition coincided with increased user activity on rival apps such as Skylight and Upscrolled.
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