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China approves 400,000 H200 purchases

development2026-01-29

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China approved the purchase of 400,000 Nvidia H200 chips for ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent.

Reported metric: 400,000

Reporting date: 2026-01-29 (not necessarily the event date)

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A silicon curtain falls

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The US allows H200 sales as China forbids buying them

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Welcome to January 29, 2026

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China approves 400,000 H200 purchases
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-01-29
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-29-china-approves-400000-h200s
Claim: China approved the purchase of 400,000 Nvidia H200 chips for ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent.
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- Welcome to January 29, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-29-2026
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