ByteDance plans major Nvidia chip purchases in 2026, report says
GeokHub
Contributing Writer
Beijing, Dec 31 — ByteDance is planning to significantly increase its spending on artificial intelligence chips from U.S. semiconductor firm Nvidia in 2026, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.
The Chinese technology company is expected to allocate about 100 billion yuan, roughly $14.3 billion, to Nvidia chips next year, up from an estimated 85 billion yuan in 2025, the report said.
The planned increase is contingent on Nvidia being permitted to sell its advanced H200 graphics processing units to customers in China, amid ongoing U.S. restrictions on the export of high-end AI chips.
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has been expanding its investment in artificial intelligence to support data processing, recommendation algorithms and generative AI development, driving growing demand for high-performance computing hardware.
Nvidia did not immediately comment on the report.
