Chinese company tik tak plans to open two more data centers in Europe, a senior executive said on Friday, which could ease concerns about the security of user data.

The company seeks to reassure governments and regulators that users’ personal data is inaccessible and its content cannot be altered by anyone under Beijing’s influence.

The video-sharing app, owned by China’s ByteDance, aims to expand data storage in Europe, said TikTok’s general manager of European operations, Rich Weatherworth.

“We are in an advanced stage of finalizing a plan for a second data center in Ireland,” he said, adding: “We are also in talks to set up a third data center in Europe to further complement our planned operations in Ireland.”

The company also announced on Friday that it has an average of 125 million monthly active users in the EU. from August 2022 to January 2023.

^{According to REUTERS}