Taiwan's Yageo plans to keep Shibaura's AI technology in Japan

Taiwan's Yageo said it would keep Shibaura Electronics's most advanced technology in Japan if it successfully acquires the artificial intelligence sensor maker. The comments from Yageo founder and Chairman Pierre Chen come as Tokyo seeks to strike a balance between shareholder returns while ensuring cutting-edge AI technology stays at home. Shibaura's high-precision thermistors are key for monitoring the internal temperature of electronic devices to prevent overheating. That's especially important in AI, where data centers with large clusters of high-performance servers churn through troves of data. "It is not in Yageo's interest to see Shibaura's technology transfer to countries that Japan considers to be unfriendly," Chen told reporters in Taipei on Saturday.