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Microsoft is urging the Trump administration to scrap proposed limits on Chinese optical transceivers, equipment used to carry data through fibre-optic cables in AI data centres. A ban could leave costly AI processors waiting for the networking kit they need, according to Yahoo Finance’s account of a GuruFocus article.
Why it mattersThe report says the FCC may restrict imports of 3.2-terabit-per-second equipment, which it says may not reach large-scale manufacturing until 2028. That gives other suppliers time to scale up, but it is no small ask to replace a dominant source of kit. For AI infrastructure, the argument is about more than chips: networks can become a bottleneck too.
Discuss: Should the US prioritise supply-chain security even if restrictions risk slowing data-centre construction?
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