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Nvidia Rules Out China Sales for Blackwell as Strong Demand Spurs TSMC Ramp

Export restrictions keep Blackwell off the Chinese market, pushing Nvidia to scale production elsewhere.

Overview

  • Jensen Huang said there are no active discussions to sell Blackwell datacenter GPUs in China and that Nvidia is not planning shipments there.
  • U.S. policy continues to bar the most advanced AI chips from China, and President Donald Trump signaled no change after recent talks with Xi Jinping.
  • Huang reported very strong global demand for Blackwell and said Nvidia has requested more wafers from TSMC, which CEO C.C. Wei confirmed without detailing volumes.
  • Huang warned that China holds structural advantages in AI deployment, citing extensive energy subsidies that make power costs unusually low for local data centers.
  • Nvidia has a provisional arrangement to resume some older Hopper-based shipments to China with a 15% revenue share to the U.S., though implementing rules have not been finalized, as Beijing encourages domestic chip adoption.