China military-linked university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist: Report

A Chinese university with close links to the country’s military purchased two of Nvidia‘s powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips despite being on a US export blacklist, according to a Reuters investigation.

Northwestern Polytechnical University bought the two processors in October for 874,700 yuan, or around $123,000, according to a procurement record dated October 21 on its website. The purchase was made for the university’s management school through a Chinese technology supplier, Shaanxi Bosuan Network Technology, rather than directly from Nvidia.