Microsoft is pressuring the Trump administration to stop plans to ban Chinese imports of transceivers needed to run artificial intelligence data centers. ⨯ [Reuters].

Microsoft is pressuring the Trump administration to stop plans to ban Chinese imports of transceivers needed to run artificial intelligence data centers. ⨯ [Reuters].

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The company fears that the restrictions could slow down the construction of data centers in the United States and weaken the country's position in the artificial intelligence race.

China controls about two-thirds of the world market for these devices, which provide data transmission between servers, routers and switches over fiber optic cables. American manufacturers are still unable to completely replace Chinese suppliers Bloomberg.