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Spy fears spread to power cords, driving shift from China

Taiwan server suppliers move off mainland at US customers' request

A security officer keeps watch during National People's Congress in Beijing.   © Reuters

TAIPEI -- U.S. technology companies, concerned that server power cords and plugs could be used by China to access sensitive data, have asked Taiwanese suppliers to shift production of these components out of the mainland.

Lite-On Technology, whose customers include Dell EMC, HP and IBM, is building a new factory in Taiwan to manufacture power components for servers at the request of American clients that cited cyberespionage risks from Beijing, according to one executive.

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