Chinese AI lab Moonshot turned to Europe for Nvidia Blackwell access amid U.S. China curbs, sources tell CNBC

Chinese artificial intelligence lab Moonshot AI has sought access to Nvidia's advanced Blackwell chips through data centers in Europe to circumvent U.S. export controls. Sources indicate that Moonshot has discussed deals to rent GPU capacity and inference clusters from European neocloud operators. The White House previously stated that Moonshot had accessed Nvidia chips via a facility in Thailand, while U.S. lawmakers and Nvidia have pursued measures to restrict remote cloud-based access. Open article →