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China blocks ByteDance from Nvidia chip use: Report

 

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Chinese regulators have barred TikTok-owner ByteDance from deploying Nvidia chips in new data centres.

The tech publication The Information first reported the development on Wednesday, citing two company employees.

ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm in 2025 as it raced to secure computing power for its billion-plus users amid concerns the United States could curb supply, according to the report.

The reported ban underscores Beijing’s efforts to reduce reliance on US technology, a campaign that has intensified as Washington tightens curbs on exports of advanced semiconductors to China.

In August, Chinese regulators asked local firms to halt new orders of Nvidia AI chips and have since pushed companies to adopt homegrown processors, Bloomberg reported, citing people close to Chinese tech regulators.

“The regulatory landscape does not allow us to offer a competitive data centre GPU in China, leaving that massive market to our rapidly growing foreign competitors,” a Nvidia spokesperson told the Reuters news agency.












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