ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is building significant computing infrastructure using top-tier Nvidia processors in Southeast Asia as part of its strategy to compete globally in AI development. This is one technique China is using to get around U.S. AI export controls.
The Wall Street Journal reports that ByteDance is collaborating with Southeast Asian cloud computing provider Aolani Cloud to deploy approximately 500 Nvidia Blackwell computing systems in Malaysia, which would include roughly 36,000 B200 AI chips, according to sources with knowledge of the arrangement. This computing power will support the company’s artificial intelligence research and development efforts outside of China while meeting growing AI demands from its international customer base.
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