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ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order $35 billion in Nvidia chips

Reuters exclusively reported on Oct 20 that the three companies ordered over 3 million RTX PRO 5500 cards; Nvidia says it can deliver at most 5%–10% of requested quantities. · 2 stories

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  1. Oct 2109:11

    ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent Place Over $35 Billion in Nvidia Chip Orders, Buying Up China-Compliant RTX PRO 5500

    This is the first quantified disclosure of China's demand for Nvidia hardware under export controls: $35 billion in orders against 5%–10% deliverability and at most 3 million cards of global 2027 capacity — the compute gap now has a concrete number.

  2. 08:21

    ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent Place Over $35 Billion in Nvidia Chip Orders

    this is the first quantified disclosure of Chinese demand for Nvidia hardware under export controls — $35 billion in orders against 5%–10% deliverable supply, putting a concrete number on the compute gap for the first time.

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