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Microsoft could axe UK expansion plans if there are post-Brexit trade tariffs

January 24, 2017

Microsoft could axe plans to expand its UK data centres if tariffs are introduced after Britain leaves the European Union, a senior UK employee has said.

Speaking in an online event about what Brexit means for tech, Microsoft UK government affairs manager Owen Larter said that the American tech company might focus on building out its European data centres at the expense of its two British ones if UK’s Brexit deal imposes import tariffs on hardware and other goods.

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