'This is not about geopolitics'

Doug Woodburn
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Lenovo's decision to switch some server, storage and networking production to Europe is more about cutting delivery times than the rise in Chinese labour costs, according to EMEA datacentre VP Wilfredo Sotolongo

Lenovo this month confirmed that it will begin manufacturing all x86 servers and other datacentre equipment consumed by its EMEA clients in Hungary, rather than China. Starting this summer, x86 ...

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