China’s tech giants drop $35 billion on export-compliant Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 workstation GPU orders to power AI ambitions, according to reports

Tom's Hardware 2026-10-20

Summary:

$35 billion worth of Nvidia RTX Pro 5500 GPUs have been bought by Chinese trio Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance, with demand far exceeding Nvidia's planned production, according to report.

Link:

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinas-tech-giants-drop-usd35-billion-on-export-compliant-nvidia-rtx-pro-5500-workstation-gpu-orders-to-power-ai-ambitions-according-to-reports-bytedance-alibaba-and-tencent-order-3-million-cards-despite-warnings-that-only-10-percent-of-orders-are-fulfillable

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Authors:

Ben Stockton

Date tagged:

10/20/2026, 09:39

Date published:

10/20/2026, 08:10