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Foxconn, one of Apple’s key manufacturing partners, has paused new rotations of Chinese workers to its iPhone factories in India, opting instead to send in Taiwanese workers, according to a report from Rest of World. This disruption, coupled with delays in critical shipments of manufacturing equipment, is expected to significantly impact Foxconn’s operations in India and potentially complicate Apple’s plans to diversify its iPhone production away from China.

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., widely known as Foxconn, is set to significantly increase its server capacity in response to soaring demand for Nvidia Corp. chips, which are crucial for artificial intelligence (AI) development. The company's chairman, Young Liu, described the demand for the latest Blackwell chips as "crazy," aligning with comments made by Nvidia's Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang regarding the growing AI investment landscape.

Google is set to position India as a significant export hub for its Pixel range of smartphones, targeting markets in Europe and the United States, according to a report by Moneycontrol. The tech giant has already initiated trial production in Tamil Nadu in collaboration with Foxconn, a major manufacturer of Apple devices.

In a significant development, Apple's manufacturing partner, Foxconn Technology Group, has initiated the production of the much-anticipated iPhone 15 in Tamil Nadu, India. This move highlights Apple's ongoing efforts to diversify its manufacturing operations and reduce its reliance on China as its primary manufacturing base.