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China may let Alibaba and ByteDance buy Nvidia chips

Published

28 September 2026

Topic

operational-macro

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AI & ML

◆ Geography

China

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Fusion42 · 28 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology may allow ByteDance and Alibaba to purchase Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation chips, signalling a regulatory relaxation that could ease hardware bottlenecks for AI development despite previous restrictions.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 3 sources have reported it.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You must act fast to secure Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 chips now that China may approve their sale to ByteDance and Alibaba. That opens a brief window to compete on AI workloads before new restrictions or allocation limits kick in.

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3 sources · 28 Sep 2026

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