【AI+NVDA】ByteDance Reportedly Obtains Nvidia Blackwell Chip Computing Power Through Overseas Channels

SocialAnxietyStaker · 2026-03-13T10:49:51+00:00

ByteDance is leasing Nvidia's Blackwell chips through Malaysia-based Aolani Cloud to expand its global AI business, planning to deploy 500 systems. This is one of the data centers established by Chinese companies to circumvent U.S. export controls, with related plans also underway in Indonesia.

SocialAnxietyStaker

2026-03-13 10:49:51

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Foreign media reports indicate that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is obtaining top-tier Nvidia Blackwell chips through a computing power leasing company based in Malaysia and building cloud infrastructure outside China.

The report quotes sources saying that ByteDance is collaborating with Southeast Asian company Aolani Cloud to deploy about 500 Nvidia Blackwell computing systems in Malaysia, totaling approximately 36,000 B200 chips, to support its global AI expansion.

According to the report, Aolani is purchasing these servers from Aivres, a company that assembles servers using Nvidia chips.

Since 2023, the U.S. government has implemented stricter export controls on AI chips to China, restricting Nvidia from directly selling the most advanced GPUs (such as the Blackwell series) to Chinese companies. However, Chinese firms are attempting to bypass these restrictions by establishing data centers overseas. Earlier reports indicated that ByteDance is also using Nvidia B200 chips at a center in Indonesia.

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