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Tom’s Hardware
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Anton Shilov

Nvidia denies pausing AI cloud commitments initiative after reported partner backlash — report claims company told cloud providers it could only lease its GPUs to Nvidia-approved customers

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Nvidia on Friday denied a report by the Wall Street Journal claiming that the company had put some transactions under its recently introduced 'take or pay' AI Compute Partnership on hold, less than two months after unveiling the initiative in early July and days before detailing the effort in its earnings call. The transactions were reportedly paused as some partners were irritated with Nvidia's attempts to influence their operations and because it raised internal concerns about potential antitrust scrutiny.

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