Geopolitics·APAC
ByteDance Deploys NVIDIA Chips in Malaysia to Sidestep US B赯
Key Points
- 1ByteDance utilizes NVIDIA chips in Malaysia to avoid US restrictions.
- 2Infrastructure includes 500 NVIDIA Blackwell systems costing $2.5 billion.
- 3This strategy maintains foreign tech dependency amidst regulatory concerns.
ByteDance has devised a strategy to bypass U.S. export restrictions on NVIDIA chips by leasing them from a Southeast Asian firm, Aolani Cloud, operating in Malaysia. Instead of importing the chips, ByteDance accesses them legally by deploying approximately 36,000 B200 chips in a cluster setup. This infrastructure investment is estimated to exceed $2.5 billion, a significant step into AI development amidst escalating tech war tensions.
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