Kommentar: Der Preis der Billigjagd: Europa geht die Elektronik aus
Fast die gesamte Elektronikproduktion befindet sich inzwischen in Übersee. Der Boom der Rechenzentren für die Künstliche Intelligenz legt offen, wie gefährlich das ist.
Europe is losing its circuit board industry. Without them, no cars drive, no airplanes take off, and even coffee machines cease to function. These components are the foundation of all electronics. Their absence illustrates how dependent the entire continent is on foreign suppliers for essential goods. The once-thriving German and European circuit board industry faces extinction.
Today, most circuit boards originate from factories in Asia, primarily China. These manufacturers produce them at significantly lower costs, and quality remains high. The increasing imports are driven by purchasing department criteria of European companies: cheapest, cheapest, and cheapest. Experts have warned for years about the dangers of shifting production overseas.
Nobody paid attention. Neither customers reliant on circuit boards nor politicians. Now, European industries are missing circuit boards because Asians prefer to produce them for booming artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. Major customers like Nvidia, the American technology company, can pay considerably more.
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