{"id":21029,"date":"2025-12-13T12:16:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/nvidia-weighs-expanding-h200-chip-production-as-china-demand-surges\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:32:11","slug":"nvidia-weighs-expanding-h200-chip-production-as-china-demand-surges","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nvidia-weighs-expanding-h200-chip-production-as-china-demand-surges\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia weighs expanding H200 chip production as China demand surges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The move comes after United States (US) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US government would allow Nvidia to export H200 processors, its second-fastest AI chips, to China and collect a 25% fee on such sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, uncertainties remain, as the Chinese government has yet to greenlight any purchase of the H200. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chinese officials convened emergency meetings on Wednesday to discuss the matter and will decide whether to allow it to be shipped into China, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">said one of the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> two sources <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and a third source<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Very limited<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> quantities of H200 chips are currently in production, <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reuters<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> reported on Wednesday, as the US AI chip leader is focused on producing its most advanced Blackwell and upcoming Rubin lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Supply of H200 chips has been a major concern for Chinese clients <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and they<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> have reached out to Nvidia seeking clarity <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">on this<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As part of the briefing provided by Nvidia, the company has also given them guidance on current supply levels, said one of the first two people, without <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">providing<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a specific number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14372,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-21029","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Nvidia has told Chinese clients it is evaluating adding production capacity for its powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips after orders exceeded its current output level, according to two sources briefed on the matter.","published_date":null,"news_description":"Nvidia has told Chinese clients it is evaluating adding production capacity for its powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips after orders exceeded its current output level, according to two sources briefed on the matter.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24849,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/21029\/revisions\/24849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=21029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}