Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist

A Chinese university on the US export blacklist purchased two Nvidia H200 processors in October for 874,700 yuan, according to procurement records reported by Reuters and carried by Business Recorder. Northwestern Polytechnical University bought them for its management school through a domestic technology supplier, rather than directly from Nvidia.

The university also secured rented computing capacity using Nvidia chips, including H200 processors, under contracts recorded this year. US rules generally deny export licences for controlled technology to institutions on the Entity List, and the H200 is subject to licensing; the records underline how Chinese institutions can obtain computing access through local suppliers. The report also cites purchases or rental contracts involving restricted Nvidia chips at other Chinese universities.