Tencent Holdings LtdTencent gains access to ~100,000 cutting-edge AI chips via Oracle data centers, easing its constrained chip supply amid US export restrictions.
Oracle shares reversed an early gain and turned lower Thursday after the Financial Times reported that Tencent Holdings had locked in a five-year lease spanning several Oracle data centers across Southeast Asia. Under the reported terms, Tencent would gain access to about 100,000 cutting-edge AI chips it otherwise can't obtain inside China, with the arrangement said to be worth roughly $7 billion and close to a third of that due upfront. Neither company responded when asked to confirm the details. Oracle stock had jumped nearly 2% before Thursday's opening bell on the report, but the shares gave up that advance amid overall market weakness and were down 0.82% at $136.18 at the time of publication. The deal reflects a broader scramble among Chinese tech firms for overseas computing capacity as domestic chip supply stays tight and U.S. export restrictions persist.
Tencent Holdings LtdTencent gains access to ~100,000 cutting-edge AI chips via Oracle data centers, easing its constrained chip supply amid US export restrictions.
Oracle CorporationTencent reportedly locked in a ~$7B five-year lease across Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia, a concrete customer deal for Oracle's cloud capacity.