Apple's China iCloud data center hit by 'dire' COVID lockdown

The data center Apple uses for iCloud in China has barred employees from leaving for a week, because of a COVID lockdown.Apple usually operates its own data centers worldwide, but a 2017 controversial law change in China required it to use a local company instead. That government-backed firm, now called Guizhou Cloud Big Data, has announced that it has been working under a 'closed loop' system for the last week.According to Bloomberg, China locked down areas of in almost all of Guiyang's ten districts, including where the data center is based. Read more...