US to Curb China Access to Cloud Services Like Amazon, WSJ Says(Bloomberg) -- The US is preparing to curtail Chinese companies’ access to cloud-computing services including those provided by Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Most Read from BloombergWashington is considering requiring cloud providers to seek government permission before serving Chinese firms that employ such platforms to train AI models, the Journal reported. Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services are the global leaders in the business of providing internet computing to enterprises, and compete in China with the likes of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. through local, state-affiliated datacenter partners. Part of the measures under discussion included restricting cloud access for Chinese AI developers, which was first reported by the Journal last week. Under the broader Commerce Department proposal, expected in July, the US would revise export controls to make it harder to sell some chips to China without a license.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 04, 2023 13:00 UTC