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Social media company TikTok has unveiled plans to spend 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion) on the building of a new data center in Finland, its second large-scale investment in the northern European country in less than 12 months, Reuters reported, citing executives.

路透社援引高管消息称，社交媒体平台TikTok宣布将斥资10亿欧元（约合11.7亿美元）在芬兰新建一座数据中心，这是该公司在不到一年时间内对这个北欧国家进行的第二笔大规模投资。

Construction at the first site, in the southeastern city of Kouvola, began last September, and it is hoped it will be operational by the end of this year, with the second facility, around 60 kilometers away in Lahti, intended for use next year.

首个数据中心位于东南部城市科沃拉，已于去年9月动工，预计今年年底投入运营；第二座设施选址距科沃拉约60公里的拉赫蒂市，计划明年启用。

The company says that currently its European user data is spread across three centers, in Ireland, Norway, and the United States. The mayor of Lahti, Niko Kyynarainen, welcomed the new investment, saying it was "substantial. We are pleased that a main tenant agreement has been signed and that the project is progressing as planned".

该公司表示，目前欧洲用户数据分散存储于爱尔兰、挪威和美国的三座数据中心。拉赫蒂市长尼科·屈纳雷宁对新增投资表示欢迎，称其"意义重大"，并透露已签署主租户协议，项目正按计划推进。

Finland is seen as a very business-friendly country from a regulatory point of view, and its cold climate and cheap, clean energy have made it a particularly attractive place for technology data centers to be based, with major companies including Google and Microsoft also having large facilities there.

芬兰在监管层面被视为极具商业友好性的国家，其寒冷气候与廉价清洁能源更使其成为科技数据中心的热门选址。包括谷歌、微软在内的行业巨头均已在此布局大型设施。

TikTok says the data center will have an initial capacity of 50 megawatts, or MW, rising to a potential figure of 128 MW, and a company representative told Reuters it was part of a "12 billion (euro) European data sovereignty initiative delivering industry-leading protections for the data of over 200 million European users".

TikTok方面称，新数据中心初始装机容量为50兆瓦，未来可扩展至128兆瓦。公司代表向路透社表示，这是"120亿欧元欧洲数据主权计划的重要组成部分，旨在为超2亿欧洲用户提供行业领先的数据保护"。

Last year, China and Finland marked 75 years of diplomatic relations, and at the start of this year, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo made a state visit to China, where he held talks with Pre