Sources: strong AI demand in China nearly doubles prices for Nvidia's B300 servers to ~$1M each, as a crackdown on chip smuggling dries up black market supply (Reuters)
Nvidia B300 server prices in China have nearly doubled to ~$1M due to surging AI demand, as a government crackdown on chip smuggling tightens previously available black-market supply.
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<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/prices-nvidias-b300-server-1-million-china-us-curbs-sources-say-2026-04-30/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260430/i13.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260430/p13#a260430p13" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/">Reuters</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/prices-nvidias-b300-server-1-million-china-us-curbs-sources-say-2026-04-30/">Sources: strong AI demand in China nearly doubles prices for Nvidia's B300 servers to ~$1M each, as a crackdown on chip smuggling dries up black market supply</a></b></span> — Strong demand for AI computing equipment in China has nearly doubled prices for Nvidia's B300 servers to about 7 million yuan … </p>
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