Chinese tech giants place $35 billion order for Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 GPUs
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ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent together asked Nvidia for more than three million RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards, a request valued at over $35 billion. Nvidia warned that it can only produce about three million of those chips worldwide by 2027 and expects to deliver only five to ten percent of the requested volume. The cards, priced around $11,400 each, are intended mainly for AI inference workloads that comply with U.S. export rules.
Why it matters
If Nvidia can supply a fraction of the order, the company may record a sizable, but limited, revenue boost in 2027, while the shortfall could leave the Chinese firms to seek alternative suppliers. The order also highlights the pressure on Nvidia’s capacity as U.S. export controls force Chinese customers toward lower‑performance, export‑compliant products.
Key facts
- 1The three companies requested more than three million RTX PRO 5500 GPUs. investing.com
- 2The combined sticker price of the request exceeds $35 billion. investing.com
- 3Each GPU is priced at roughly $11,400. investing.com
- 4Nvidia indicated it can fulfil only five to ten percent of the order. investing.com
- 5Global production of the RTX PRO 5500 is capped at three million units for 2027. investing.com
- 6Total Chinese demand for the chip across all buyers is reported to be over six million units. investing.com
Summary written by AlphAI AI Desk from 20 of 22 sources. Not investment advice. Figures are as stated by the linked sources.