Chinese university buys Nvidia AI H200 chips despite US ban, records show
A Reuters investigation reported by Al Jazeera finds that Northwestern Polytechnical University, a blacklisted Chinese military-linked university in Xi'an, bought two Nvidia H200 AI chips for 874,700 yuan through a domestic supplier and rented access to Nvidia-powered computing, showing how such institutions still obtain US AI technology despite export bans. The purchase comes as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces congressional scrutiny over alleged Chinese intelligence contacts, with Senator Kevin Cramer quoted saying, "The potential for extortion is so tremendous… I just think he's got to go."
