Microsoft sends ‘China ban warning’ to the US government; says: Datacenters across America will come to a grinding halt if you …

Microsoft has sent a ‘warning’ to the White House saying that data centres in the US will come to a halt if the FCC’s proposed import ban on Chinese optical transceivers is passed. According to a Reuters report, the software giant is lobbying against the move alongside the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). Microsoft, which is building 35 data centers around the country and is planning 134 more, reportedly met the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Security Council recently.

“It really threatens to arguably grind (the data center rollout) to a halt,” ITI Executive Vice President of Policy and General Counsel John Miller said.