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China’s Indium Phosphide Curbs Threaten U.S. AI Data Centre Expansion

According to a Reuters report, the curbs put by Beijing on export and licensing of indium phosphide emerged as a significant threat to the US AI industry, with fears of delay in building next-gen AI data centers.

As companies move towards Photonics-based systems that utilize light (rather than traditional electrical signals) to transmit high volumes of data in AI infrastructures, indium phosphide has gained a lot of relevance.