Blacklisted Northwestern Polytechnical bought Nvidia H200 chips
The Chinese university paid 874,700 yuan for two H200 chips, according to Quartz, and also rented access to Nvidia-powered computing. Unite.AI, citing Reuters, says the university is on the U.S. export-control Entity List and that a review of 26 records found restricted-chip purchases or computing rentals through domestic suppliers.
- An award notice was dated October 21, 2026, according to Unite.AI.
Covered by 3 publishers within 26 hours of the first report.
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