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China may let Alibaba and ByteDance buy Nvidia chips
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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.
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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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