China's internet regulator orders Alibaba, ByteDance to halt testing and purchases of Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D

China's Cyberspace Administration has told major technology firms, including Alibaba and ByteDance, to halt testing and procurement of Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D, the Financial Times reported. The RTX Pro 6000D is a variant made for the Chinese market, and the directive forces companies to terminate orders and testing programs.

Discovered 2025-09-17T04:25:56.686647-07:00 | 2025-09-17T04:25:56.686647-07:00

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  • Chinas regulator has ordered firms including Alibaba and ByteDance to stop testing and cancel orders for Nvidias RTX Pro 6000D, an immediate reduction in procurement of a China-specific high-performance AI GPU.

  • The move comes amid related US export-control actions and increases compliance and supply-chain risk for vendors, cloud providers and programs in defence, space and aviation that depend on access to advanced AI compute.

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