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TikTok Bidders Seek Potential Cloud Support from Microsoft, Google

The Information · Kaya Yurieff · last updated

TikTok bidders are trying to get their ducks in a row as President Trump’s April 5 deadline to find a buyer for TikTok’s U.S. operations approaches. That means making sure they have a cloud firm lined up to keep TikTok running after a sale.

Those interested include smaller investor groups who want to run the app and leverage the TikTok brand, but don’t have any of their own cloud computing resources. 

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The U.S. Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law a measure banning TikTok if it weren’t sold by its Chinese ownership. But now-President Donald Trump gave the service a reprieve, and a sale of its U.S. operations appears imminent.

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