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title: "Asian tech stocks plunge amid fears US Democrats may delay data centers; Taiwan's Taiex sees a record intraday point drop, Kospi falls 8.7%, and Nikkei 6.7% (Jada Nagumo/Nikkei Asia)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/asian-tech-stocks-plunge-amid-fears-us-democrats-may-delay-data-da9ee588
published: 2026-11-06T05:40:00.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# Asian tech stocks plunge amid fears US Democrats may delay data centers; Taiwan's Taiex sees a record intraday point drop, Kospi falls 8.7%, and Nikkei 6.7% (Jada Nagumo/Nikkei Asia)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-06 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/asian-tech-stocks-plunge-amid-fears-us-democrats-may-delay-data-da9ee588

Jada Nagumo / Nikkei Asia : Asian tech stocks plunge amid fears US Democrats may delay data centers; Taiwan's Taiex sees a record intraday point drop, Kospi falls 8.7%, and Nikkei 6.7% — TOKYO — Asian stock markets tied to the artificial intelligence boom plummeted on Friday morning following a tech sell-off …

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## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261106/p2#a261106p2)

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