WORLDTECHChina's ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center
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What happened
UK-based Nscale signed a deal with Spring (SG) Pte Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The company said that this would make its Spring contract fall to below 20% of its overall revenue, and it is expected to shrink further as Nscale secures other Western clients.
UK-based “neocloud” Nscale built its business on a major deal with a ByteDance subsidiary named Spring, which accounted for $24 million of its $33 million annual revenue in 2025. This funding is part of an agreement between Nscale and Nvidia, under which the latter promised to buy large volumes of AI chips in the future.
Nscale has since been able to secure larger deals with other AI hyperscalers, such as a $44 billion deal with Microsoft and another $45 billion contract with Anthropic. Chinese companies have been taking advantage of these loopholes in the U.S.’s export controls to gain access to advanced AI chips.
The company did not make any direct mention of the TikTok parent in its filings for a U.S. IPO, while a supporting document only labeled Spring as a significant customer. This contract allowed Spring to access 2,304 Nvidia B200 chips at Nscale’s Glomfjord, Norway, data center.
Sources & evidence
- Tom's Hardware Reporting source
China's ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center ↗
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