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Top GOP lawmakers scheduled a closed-door briefing with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang regarding national security concerns linked to Megaspeed International. The New York Times reported that China's Ministry of State Security recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to spy on her and influence chip availability. Huang holds relationships with top executives at Gigabyte and other AI chip industry leaders.
Approximately 600,000 Nvidia H200 AI chips remain stockpiled in Hong Kong as Beijing withholds large-scale import approval. While Chinese firms have obtained small quantities via intermediaries, mainland imports are restricted, driving unofficial server prices to triple their previous levels despite US export permissions.
Nvidia is in discussions with Apollo Global Management and Brightspeed to convert over 130 old telco buildings into small AI data centers. The proposed sites could deliver approximately 1 gigawatt of compute capacity, leveraging existing power infrastructure that requires additional cooling systems.
NVIDIA shares dropped 9.26% on November 5, wiping out $450 billion in market value as investors feared delayed data center construction following Democratic midterm sweeps would slow AI spending. CEO Jensen Huang lost $15.1 billion in paper wealth despite reported business performance showing no slowdown.
Global AI server shipments are projected to rise 36 percent year-on-year to 3.83 million units next year, supported by a 60 percent increase in cloud provider capital expenditure. Nvidia will maintain dominance with 62.6 percent market share, while AMD faces ramp-up challenges despite doubling demand for its Helios systems.
Nvidia is reportedly financing billions of dollars in new factories and equipment for Taiwan's Siliconware Precision Industries to address production bottlenecks limiting AI chip output. SPIL raised its 2026 capital spending budget to $11.5 billion as capacity constraints remain the primary obstacle to meeting extraordinary demand for AI chips.
The new Democratic majority in Congress is increasing scrutiny of Nvidia regarding AI chip exports to China and US adversaries. Democrats plan to summon CEO Jensen Huang and other Silicon Valley executives for public testimony and investigations, leveraging their control of key committee positions.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is drafting plans to produce 3D DRAM chips at the request of major client Nvidia Corp. The move would expand TSMC's dominance in the AI hardware supply chain by adding advanced memory manufacturing to its existing capabilities.
Nvidia is requiring Southeast Asian cloud providers to enroll in its Fleet Intelligence tracking system to qualify as official partners. This mandate aims to monitor AI accelerator deployment and prevent hardware smuggling into China, leveraging software-based telemetry to verify chip locations and enforce U.S. export restrictions.
Nvidia finalized a $1 billion investment in South Korean portal operator Naver, acquiring a 4.13 percent stake through a third-party rights offering. The acquisition accelerates their joint artificial intelligence factory venture, with Naver planning to construct GPU-based infrastructure starting with its Gak Sejong data center.