#China AI hardware

Reuters reported, according to a Telegram repost, that about 600,000 Nvidia H200 chips are backlogged in Hong Kong awaiting Chinese import approval, as Beijing has not authorized large-scale imports. A small number of Chinese internet companies have each received roughly 10,000 chips in recent months, with additional units entering through intermediaries and indirect channels, according to the report. The H200 is not Nvidia’s newest model, but it reportedly still outperforms domestic alternatives; in late October, mainland quotes for eight-card H200 servers exceeded 6 million yuan, about triple the level a year earlier. The repost provides limited technical detail and has metadata inconsistencies, so the figures remain reported and unconfirmed.