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Tencent leases 100,000 chips from Oracle in AI push

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

Tencent has leased roughly 100,000 chips from Oracle to strengthen its artificial intelligence capabilities, the Financial Times reports. The deal suggests Chinese tech firms are turning to leasing arrangements with US cloud providers to access computing power, working around export restrictions on advanced semiconductors that bar direct sales of top-tier chips into China.

Why now: The scale of the deal and its implications for US chip export controls on China are drawing attention.

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China’s Tencent leases 100,000 chips from Oracle to accelerate AI push · Financial Times

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