Alibaba Authorized to Buy Nvidia H200 AI Chips After US Approval
Chinese authorities have authorized Alibaba Group to purchase Nvidia's newly approved H200 AI chips from the US government, enabling the e-commerce giant to bolster its AI and data center infrastructure. The move follows the US Trump administration’s green light for H200 shipments to China and positions Alibaba to expand its cloud services offerings.
1. Access to Nvidia H200 Chips
The Trump administration approved shipments of Nvidia H200 AI chips to China, and Chinese authorities have permitted Alibaba Group to procure them. This authorization enables Alibaba Cloud to integrate advanced Blackwell-architecture GPUs into its data centers, enhancing AI training, inference performance and positioning the company more competitively against domestic and global cloud providers.