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Microsoft to build Taiwan data center amid US-China tech war — Nikkei Asia

By TechTaffy Desk

Microsoft is to make its largest investment in Taiwan by building its first cloud-computing data center there and turning it into a key Asia operating hub, according to a report by Lauly Li and Cheng Ting-Fang.

Here is the link: https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/Microsoft-to-build-Taiwan-data-center-amid-US-China-tech-war

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