> This tax optimisation has resulted in lawsuits...
The tax battles are ongoing, but the fact that big tech still uses offshore structures indicates they're still getting from value out of them.
> Hence "Track all GPUs sold.
It keeps going with the second hand GPU market or IaaS providers.
As a reference point, Western sanctions have largely failed to prevent Russia and Iran from acquiring semiconductors for drones.
> rogue datacenter by airstrike
In the tax battles, the biggest obstacles were generally internal to the G20.
Delaware didn't want to give out ownership information about companies, divided congresses refused to pass min tax laws for years at a time, the Brits didn't want to force Cayman etc to have public registries of trusts, and Ireland undermined any collective effort by Europe.
And the biggest thing preventing China from invading Taiwan — often discussed as if it's more substantial than a potential intervention of US armed forces — is the potential for TSMC to be destroyed during the attempt.
> As a reference point, Western sanctions have largely failed to prevent Russia and Iran from acquiring semiconductors for drones
I’ve heard stories about whole businesses based in the Gulf states dedicated to helping countries like Iran get around US sanctions - stuff is ordered to go to country X, then as soon as it gets there, taken out of the box, put in a different box, and sent to country Y. If the US government knows it is happening they will halt the delivery, but they can’t always distinguish between legitimate shipments to country X and diverted ones. If I order 5 racks of servers, install 4 of them in my data center in Dubai, and load the fifth on to a flight to Tehran, how will the Americans ever know?
The tax battles are ongoing, but the fact that big tech still uses offshore structures indicates they're still getting from value out of them.
> Hence "Track all GPUs sold.
It keeps going with the second hand GPU market or IaaS providers.
As a reference point, Western sanctions have largely failed to prevent Russia and Iran from acquiring semiconductors for drones.
> rogue datacenter by airstrike
In the tax battles, the biggest obstacles were generally internal to the G20.
Delaware didn't want to give out ownership information about companies, divided congresses refused to pass min tax laws for years at a time, the Brits didn't want to force Cayman etc to have public registries of trusts, and Ireland undermined any collective effort by Europe.