Microsoft, AWS and Google are trying to drastically reduce Chinas role in their supply chains | TechCrunch
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News Summary
- Microsoft wants to have up to 80% of the components needed to make its Surface notebooks and tablets, as well as its data centers, manufactured outside of China by 2026.
- Amazon Web Services is considering buying fewer printed circuit boards for its AI data centers from its long-time supplier SYE.
- Google is pushing its suppliers to ramp up server production in Thailand, where it has already secured multiple partners for parts, components, and assembly.
- The news follows a wave of retaliatory measures from both China and the U.S., who have taken turns to impose increasing tariffs on each other.
As geopolitical tensions intensify between the U.S. and China, tech giants Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are ramping up efforts to move production of their products and data centers outside of China, [+1580 chars]
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