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Bloomberg highlights a fresh friction point: opposition to data centres and rising AI security concerns are dragging down tech-hardware names, with SK Hynix plunging as much as 4.5 percent. That’s noteworthy because memory-chip makers like SK Hynix live or die on hyperscaler spending for AI servers; when policy or public pushback threatens data-centre growth, it directly chops demand forecasts and capital expenditure timelines. The clip crisply connects a political/PR story to an earnings-and-capex story that can alter semiconductor revenue outlooks quickly.