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Microsoft Is Fighting Trump Administration’s Looming Ban On Chinese Optical AI Parts; Lobbying Executive Says Decision Will “Grind The Data Center Rollout To A Halt”

A row of servers arranged in a data center with yellow cable trays above.

Viewing China as a worthy technological adversary has come to haunt the Trump administration in the worst way possible because the latest report states that giants like Microsoft are aggressively lobbying the White House to block a proposed import ban from the FCC, arguing that cutting off Chinese hardware will paralyze America’s domestic data centers and destroy its lead in the global AI race. FCC prepares import ban on Chinese optical transceivers over espionage and disruption fears A report from Reuters discusses the primary piece of Chinese technology: optical transceivers, which convert electrical signals into light pulses and are capable […]

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