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US pushes Chinese optics out of AI data centers
Aug 5, 2026SOURCE: thenextweb.com
SO WHAT
The window is narrowing: control over the physical plumbing of AI is becoming a strategic choke point, and the benefits are concentrating before alternatives can nucleate.
Chinese optical module makers fell after reporting of US pressure on data-center supply chains. The wire is tightening around the hardware layer that carries the model economy.
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