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ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order more than $35 billion in Nvidia GPUs
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent ordered Nvidia workstation GPUs for their technology businesses in China.
The orders reportedly cover more than 3 million RTX Pro 5500 GPUs and are worth over $35 billion.
The RTX Pro 5500 is a workstation graphics card, and it complies with US export restrictions on AI-capable GPUs sent to China.
The companies are seeking the chips to support their artificial intelligence ambitions.
The scale of the orders is far beyond Nvidia’s planned production of this card.
Nvidia has told customers it cannot fill the orders as planned, and no further steps or timeline are given.
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have reportedly ordered more than $35 billion worth of Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation GPUs.
The orders are for more than 3 million GPUs, according to Tom’s Hardware.
The GPUs are described as compliant with U.S. export restrictions on AI-capable chips to China.
Nvidia has reportedly told customers it cannot fill the orders because they exceed its planned production for the card.
- Who
- ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent reportedly placed the orders.
- What
- They ordered more than 3 million Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation GPUs, worth over $35 billion.
- When
- The reports were published on October 20, 2026.
- Where
- China; the GPUs are described as compliant with U.S. export restrictions on shipments to China.
- Why
- The reports say the GPUs are intended to support the companies’ AI ambitions.
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- Companies
- ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent
- Reported order value
- More than $35 billion
- Reported quantity
- More than 3 million Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation GPUs
- Production constraint
- Nvidia reportedly said the orders exceed its planned production
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ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent place over US$35 billion worth of Nvidia chip orders: Reuters exclusive
China’s tech giants drop $35 billion on export-compliant Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation GPU orders to power AI ambitions, according to reports