A new report claims that Microsoft wants to completely move all of its new product manufacturing outside of China, with the production of its Surface product line and data centers aimed to be built exclusively in other countries beginning in 2026. Nikkei Asia reports that the U.S. tech company is doing this to avoid the uncertainty caused by the U.S.-China trade war and Beijing’s ambitions on Taiwan. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is also said to be following suit, with the company shifting its supply chain away from the East Asian country all the way to the component level.
“The scope is quite wide and covers components, parts, and product assembly for new product introductions of both notebook computers and server products,” a supply chain executive told the publication. “Microsoft hopes all of these can be manufactured outside of China starting from 2026 at the earliest.”
