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China Bans Foreign Chips, Boosts Local AI Production

11/6/2025

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The Chinese government has mandated that state-funded data centre projects use only domestically-produced AI chips, for projects less than 30% complete.
The directive requires projects to remove foreign chips or abandon plans to acquire them.
NVIDIA Corporation's chips, once dominant in China, are excluded from these projects.
The move could bolster Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and diminish NVIDIA Corporation's market presence, which has fallen from 95% to zero in recent years.

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The Chinese government has mandated that state-funded data centre projects use only domestically-produced AI chips, for projects less than 30% complete.
The directive requires projects to remove foreign chips or abandon plans to acquire them.
NVIDIA Corporation's chips, once dominant in China, are excluded from these projects.
The move could bolster Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and diminish NVIDIA Corporation's market presence, which has fallen from 95% to zero in recent years.