Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) is drawing attention after reports that TikTok parent ByteDance is planning a major overseas deployment of the company’s newest AI chips, highlighting how Chinese tech firms are expanding computing capacity outside China amid export restrictions.
ByteDance Plans Major Nvidia Chip Deployment In Malaysia
ByteDance is reportedly preparing a large AI hardware buildout in Malaysia through a cloud partner, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The plan involves about 500 Nvidia Blackwell computing systems, equal to roughly 36,000 B200 chips, supplied through a Southeast Asian firm called Aolani Cloud.
People familiar with the matter told the news outlet that, if the plans move forward, the hardware involved could cost more than $2.5 billion.
Aolani is sourcing servers from Aivres, a company that builds systems using Nvidia chips.
An Aolani spokesperson told WSJ the company currently operates with about $100 million worth of hardware.
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