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Tencent to lease 100,000 AI chips from Oracle in $7bn deal
Original: Tencent leases 100,000 AI chips from Oracle in a $7bn deal, FT reports
The Financial Times reports that Tencent has agreed to lease 100,000 AI chips from Oracle in a deal worth around $7 billion. The arrangement would give the Chinese tech giant access to large-scale computing capacity via Oracle's infrastructure, highlighting how companies are securing scarce AI hardware through leasing rather than outright purchases amid tight supply and export restrictions.
Why now: The scale of the deal and its implications for AI computing access amid US-China chip restrictions make it major tech and geopolitics news.
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