The U.S. banned Nvidia's best chips from going to China. Now it's trying to close a crucial loophole

U.S. export controls ban Nvidia's most advanced AI chips from China, but Chinese firms access these chips' computing power via Southeast Asian data centers, exploiting a loophole that regulates ownership of physical chips but not remote access. U.S. lawmakers are considering expanding regulation to cover remote cloud access to controlled technology, though legislative hurdles remain.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it between 19 Aug 2026 and 30 Aug 2026.