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China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips, The Information reports

Global Published 28 September 2026, 12:14 · archived 28 Sep 2026

The Chinese government has ​signaled it could allow some domestic ‌companies like ByteDance and Alibaba to buy Nvidia’s chip built for high-end professional computers, The Information reported on ​Sunday, citing two people familiar with ​the matter. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information ⁠Technology recently asked companies including ByteDance and ​Alibaba to report their plans to purchase Nvidia’s ​RTX PRO 5500 chips, according to the report. The ministry told some Chinese companies the government intends to approve ​the purchases, The Information report said, adding ​some industry exec...

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