Nvidia is reportedly telling its data centre partners to reduce their exposure to Chinese customers, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. Cloud clients must now sell at least 51% of their services to non-Chinese companies, a requirement that did not exist before and is communicated verbally rather than in writing. The rule applies globally but only to future contracts, not existing leases, and aims to further limit Chinese firms' access to advanced US chips through overseas cloud deals amid tighter US controls. Nvidia argued that clouds built on American chips support US AI developers competing worldwide, while a Singapore-based provider said it is difficult to find enough non-Chinese clients outside the US. Scarcity has pushed a rack of B300 chips, which sells for about $600,000 internationally, to Rmb18.5mn ($2.8mn) in China, according to one person with direct knowledge of the deal.
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