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Nvidia H200 shipments reportedly reach China but must stay in Hong Kong due to power constraints
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Beijing permits limited Nvidia H200 deliveries to Chinese firms but restricts most to Hong Kong, where data center capacity is insufficient to deploy them.
This shift signals a partial easing of U.S. export restrictions but creates a logistical bottleneck for Chinese AI infrastructure. Hong Kong’s limited power and data center capacity force firms to either delay deployment or rely on domestic alternatives, reshaping the competitive landscape for AI hardware in China.
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ByteDance and Tencent have received ~10,000 Nvidia H200 chips each, the first major shipments under U.S. export licenses.
Beijing requires most licensed chips to remain in Hong Kong, where data center capacity cannot support their power demands.
The policy keeps mainland demand captive for domestic chipmakers like Huawei, despite Nvidia’s stockpile of 500,000 H200s for Chinese customers.
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