Oracle confirmed a data center outage on January 28 that caused service issues for US TikTok users, providing a real-world test for the reliability of its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- The incident occurs as Oracle executes a multi-billion dollar, debt-funded plan to massively expand its AI cloud capacity.
- The outage, involving a high-profile partner like TikTok, underscores execution risk as ORCL scales up its network to meet explosive AI demand.