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Chinese universities performing military research acquired Super Micro servers with sanctioned Nvidia AI chips — public documents reveal purchases were completed in 2025 and 2026 despite US export controls

Public documents revealed that four Chinese universities, including two that worked on military research for the PLA, were able to acquire servers with Nvidia A100 AI chips despite the U.S.'s export controls.

Tom's Hardware UK by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales

Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises

Maryland is complaining to the federal energy regulator about PJM's plan to charge it $2 billion for grid upgrades that will mostly benefit data centers, especially as the state claims that the majority of these developments are being built in neighboring reg…

Tom's Hardware UK by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales

Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech

Huawei's current Rotating Chairman thanked the United States for its export bans, which boosted the progress of China's semiconductor industry. He made the comment after unveiling the groundbreaking LogicFolding chip architecture, when reporters asked him how…

Tom's Hardware UK by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales

SK hynix, Samsung, Micron among semiconductor industry group lobbying against government intervention on domestic memory chip supply — says move would worsen situation, suggests tax deductions on consumer electronics instead

A lawmaker suggested to the administration that it should prioritize American manufacturers when it comes to memory chip supplies, but the SEMI industry group is pushing back against this. It says that doing so would only extend the memory chip shortages.

Tom's Hardware UK by editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales