NVIDIA delivers 10,000 H200 chips to Chinese ByteDance and Tencent, more to follow
ByteDance and Tencent have reportedly received 10,000 NVIDIA H200 chips each, giving Chinese AI companies access to powerful processors amid ongoing U.S. export restrictions.
ByteDance and Tencent have begun receiving shipments of NVIDIA's H200 artificial intelligence chips in China, according to the Financial Times. Each company reportedly received around 10,000 H200 processors over the past few weeks, following China's approval of the chips entering the mainland. The deliveries could provide the two major Chinese technology companies with additional computing power to train advanced AI models and develop AI agents that could compete with leading U.S. systems.
The H200 is NVIDIA's second-most powerful AI GPU, surpassing the H20 in AI computing capability. The U.S. initially restricted H200 sales to China due to concerns about potential military applications. However, the export ban was lifted in December 2025, allowing NVIDIA to sell H200 chips to vetted Chinese companies. ByteDance and Tencent were among 10 approved companies, with each potentially able to acquire up to 100,000 processors.
The shipments suggest that China's approval of H200 imports is translating into actual hardware deliveries.
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