Banning and restricting China's AI development in every way possible but might cause the doom in Amazon and Microsoft's cloud businesses.
This is very close to peak retard. Seems like we are getting there, and will see peak retard real soon. Three reasons this is completely nuts.
Most of the cloud hardware probably made in China. Like duh! That is the American position. Free trade is good. When they buy the gear from China sources. Free trade is bad. When they do not want Chinese entities to use the American hardware they obtained from Chinese sources.
Did it ever occur to them the Chinese might one day ban those sources from selling them that gear? No, it never did. To the Americans it is very simple. Free trade is good. Free trade (in services) is bad.
Everything is on the cloud, so this could be another attempt to try to ban TikTok, as that entire platform is hosted on a cloud somewhere.
Did they realize that the American constitution is still at play here? A direct, or indirect ban, that is still an attempt at censorship in the land of porno-everywhere.
In open court, the attorneys can bring in expert witnesses, and the judge will listen to that testimony. Is there a difference between a direct ban on TikTok or an indirect ban on TikTok from accessing a cloud server? Peak ignorance!
Banning Chinese companies or entities inside China from using American cloud services, that is close to peak retard.
The PRC has a law that data originating from China, must stay in China. The data must be localized, in the domestic cloud, and in the China market that would be Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, etc. The Chinese entity inside China, will not use the American cloud provided with their servers based in America. Why would they? It would be more expensive probably, and against Chinese law.
Why would a Chinese scientist developing hypersonic missiles, take the data from the wind tunnel and put it on the American company cloud servers on American soil? And this is what they are thinking of banning, banning something that does not exist. And will not exist.