China weighs ByteDance, Alibaba Nvidia chip purchases

The Information↗, Bloomberg Law↗, and other outlets report that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has asked ByteDance and Alibaba to report their plans to purchase Nvidia's RTX PRO 5500 chips, signaling possible approval. The ministry told some companies it intends to approve purchases, though no final authorization has been confirmed.

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China weighs ByteDance, Alibaba Nvidia chip purchases

• South China Morning PostByteDance grabs one-fifth of China’s data centre capacity as AI drives infrastructure boom↗
• Economic TimesChina weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips: The Information↗
• Bloomberg LawChina May Let Alibaba Buy New Nvidia Chips, The Information Says↗
• Seoul Economic DailyChina Weighs Approving Nvidia Chip Purchases as Huawei Falls Short↗
• Superpower DailyChina Weighs Allowing ByteDance and Alibaba to Buy Nvidia Workstation Chips↗
• The Straits TimesChina weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips, report says↗
• CoinpaperNvidia Stock: China May Reopen AI Chip Sales to ByteDance and Alibaba↗
• COINOTAGChina May Allow Nvidia (NVDA) RTX PRO 5500 Sales to Alibaba and ByteDance↗
• The KenWho's actually paying for Yotta, rivals’ multi-billion-dollar Nvidia orders?↗

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