Nvidia Urges Cloud Customers to Curb Business with Chinese Firms

Nvidia has notified select cloud customers to reduce business from Chinese enterprises and requested that cloud providers disclose the end users utilizing its chips. The non-binding guidance was delivered verbally through sales representatives and applies only to new contracts, aiming to push cloud providers toward diversifying their client base. The move seeks to close a regulatory loophole in U.S. export controls, preventing Chinese developers from circumventing hardware export bans by leasing computing capacity from overseas data centers.