Catenaa, Wednesday, September 17, 2025- China’s internet regulator has ordered top tech firms to halt purchases of Nvidia AI chips and cancel existing orders as part of a broader push to cut reliance on US technology.
A report by The Financial Times on Wednesday stated that successive US administrations have restricted China’s access to advanced chips, prompting Beijing to press domestic firms to shift away from American suppliers, affecting industry leaders such as Nvidia.
The move comes days after China accused the company of violating its anti-monopoly law, marking the latest flare-up in the trade war with Washington.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) directed companies, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to terminate their testing and orders of the RTX Pro 6000D this week, the report said, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
The fresh ban is stronger than the earlier guidance from regulators that focused on the H20, the previous version of Nvidia’s China-tailored AI chip, the report said.
Nvidia’s RTX6000D, its newest artificial intelligence chip tailored for the Chinese market, has seen only lukewarm demand with some major tech firms opting not to place an order, Reuters first reported earlier this week.
Several companies had indicated they would order tens of thousands of the RTX Pro 6000D and had started testing and verification work with Nvidia’s server suppliers before telling them to stop the work after receiving the CAC order, the FT reported.
Shares of Nvidia were down by 2% on Wednesday Morning. The stock has been down by over 3% since August 17.
