Sanction Chinese Cloud Firms Posing National Security Risk: GOP Senators

3D printed clouds and figurines are seen in front of the Alibaba Cloud service logo in this illustration taken on Feb. 8, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

A group of nine Republican senators wrote a letter to Biden officials, raising security concerns about Chinese cloud firms like Huawei Cloud and Alibaba Cloud and asking for strict measures against them to protect U.S. interests and assets.

The April 25 letter (pdf), led by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), expressed “deep concern” about Chinese cloud computing companies.