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Tencent leases 100,000 Nvidia-linked chips from Oracle

Original: China’s Tencent leases 100,000 chips from Oracle to accelerate AI push, FT reports

Tencent has arranged to lease around 100,000 chips from Oracle to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities, according to a Financial Times report carried by Reuters. The deal would give the Chinese tech giant access to computing power outside China's borders, highlighting how its biggest firms are working around Washington's export restrictions on advanced AI hardware to stay competitive in the AI race.

Why now: It reveals a major workaround by a Chinese tech giant to US chip export controls at a time of intense US-China tech rivalry.

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