China’s ByteDance Outsmarts US Sanctions With Offshore Nvidia AI Buildout

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) is drawing attention after reports that TikTok parent ByteDance is planning a major overseas deployment of the company's newest AI chips, highlighting how Chinese tech firms are expanding computing capacity outside China amid export restrictions.

ByteDance is reportedly preparing a large AI hardware buildout in Malaysia through a cloud partner, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.