US lawmakers aim to keep China’s datacenter tech out of sensitive government systems
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to bar the federal government from equipping sensitive government systems with Chinese-made components used to transmit data in AI data centers.
The devices, known as optical transceivers, allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables at the speed of light and are at the heart of the US AI infrastructure rollout, with some data centers requiring millions of them.
The bill adds to growing pressure on Chinese optical transceiver makers, which dominate the market for parts critical to AI data centers.
