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# Yle investigation finds Chinese, Emirati owners behind TikTok's Finland hub
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-05-10-yle-tiktok-kouvola-ownership-investigation/
- Published: 2025-05-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T04:00:22.000Z
- Description: Yle found Hyperco, operator of TikTok's planned Kouvola data centre, is 73.39% owned by Chinese and Emirati investors, not Finnish. Finland's Ministry of Defence approved the site's land purchase in December 2024.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [Yle, 10 May 2025](https://yle.fi/a/74-20160971?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that TikTok's own data handling for EU users or the EUR 1 billion Project Clover investment is affected by this ownership chain.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)