Chinese AI firms rush to rent Nvidia compute overseas amid US restriction fears
Chinese AI companies are reportedly rushing to rent Nvidia-powered computing capacity at data centres outside China, according to sources cited by Reuters. The move comes amid fears of tighter US restrictions following the Jensen Huang spy scandal.
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