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Chinese AI firms' $70B Nvidia GPU orders face severe supply shortfall

Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and other Chinese AI companies have ordered 6 million Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips worth $70 billion, but only about 1% are expected to be delivered within four months due to supply constraints.

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-11-04 12:15 · Tom's Hardware
    Nvidia can only fulfill 1% of China’s massive $70 billion GPU order for AI chips, report claims — supply constraints choke export-friendly RTX Pro 5500 deliveries despite huge demand
  2. 2026-11-04 05:55 · Techmeme
    Sources: Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, and other Chinese AI companies ordered 6M Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips worth $70B, but expect only ~1% within four months (Bloomberg)

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