Nvidia Asks Some Cloud Customers to Limit Business with Chinese Companies

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Nvidia has asked some cloud customers, including Nvidia-backed neoclouds, to take on less business from Chinese companies in future contracts. The guidance is voluntary, and customers are also being asked to disclose end users accessing the chips. The report says the move targets a gap in U.S. export controls, which restrict chip shipments but generally do not cover remote access through foreign cloud data centers.

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Nvidia has asked some cloud customers, including Nvidia-backed neoclouds, to take on less business from Chinese companies in future contracts. The guidance is voluntary and does not apply to existing deals; Nvidia also asked these customers to disclose the identities of end users accessing its chips. The report says the move targets a gap in U.S. export controls: they restrict chip shipments but generally do not cover remote access through data centers in other countries.