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Data centers as America's test of industrial resolve and domestic supply resilience
opinion6 days ago

Data centers as America's test of industrial resolve and domestic supply resilience

The author argues that data centres are a strategic test of US industrial resolve, highlighting how China’s dominance in critical minerals and downstream tech was shaped by past American missteps. While local opposition and proposed moratoria raise concerns about energy, water, and permitting, data centres spur investment in domestic manufacturing of advanced electrical equipment and create jobs, aligning demand with rebuilding resilient supply chains. By channeling investment—rather than halting projects—into US workers and clean-energy grid upgrades, the US can strengthen its industrial base and compete with Beijing, avoiding a repeat of the rare-earth era’s missed opportunities.

China pledges wider access to US firms as Xi meets Nvidia, Apple and Tesla leaders
world1 month ago

China pledges wider access to US firms as Xi meets Nvidia, Apple and Tesla leaders

Xi Jinping told visiting US business leaders—including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk—that China will open wider to mutual cooperation and market access, signaling potential easing of market access amid ongoing US-China tensions; the delegation stressed the importance of China’s market, Nvidia eyes revived chip orders, and Beijing signaled future regulatory predictability but on China’s terms.

business3 years ago

US-China Chip War Escalates with Micron Ban and CXMT Demands.

The chair of the US House of Representatives' committee on China has called for trade curbs on Chinese memory chip maker Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) after Beijing banned the sale of some chips by US-based Micron Technology. Representative Mike Gallagher has urged the US Commerce Department to add CXMT to the entity list and ensure no US technology goes to CXMT, YMTC or other PRC firms operating in this industry. CXMT is China's leading maker of DRAM memory chips and the domestic competitor most likely to benefit if Micron is barred from China's massive chip market.