Nvidia just got shut out of the Chinese market — this time by the Chinese government instead of the US.

China’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, has banned domestic tech companies from buying Nvidia AI chips on Wednesday, as first reported by the Financial Times .

The agency also told tech companies including ByteDance and Alibaba to stop testing and ordering Nvidia’s RTX Pro 6000D server, a device designed specifically for the market in China.

Beijing had previously discouraged companies from buying these chips in late August, instead promoting alternatives from local manufacturers.

This ban will deliver quite a blow to China’s tech ecosystem. While companies like Huawei and Alibaba design AI chips locally, Nvidia is by far the global market leader an

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