China Tightens Indium Inspections: A Niche Metal Becomes a Risk for Optical AI Interconnects (opens in new tab)

The largest AI data centers do not necessarily first fail because of a shortage of GPUs. Sometimes the schedule hinges on a metal that is mainly produced as a by-product of zinc processing and that hardly anyone outside the raw materials industry could name. Indium is currently playing exactly that role. According to Reuters, buyers […]