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Sources: Tencent signed a ~$7B, five-year deal with Oracle this year for access to ~100K advanced AI chips unavailable in China via Southeast Asian data centers (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

Zijing Wu / Financial Times : Sources: Tencent signed a ~$7B, five-year deal with Oracle this year for access to ~100K advanced AI chips unavailable in China via Southeast Asian data centers WeChat owner strikes deal to access US group's south-east Asia data centres amid race with ByteDance and Ali…

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  1. 2026-10-01 04:50 · Techmeme
    Sources: Tencent signed a ~$7B, five-year deal with Oracle this year for access to ~100K advanced AI chips unavailable in China via Southeast Asian data centers (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

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