Despite US export restrictions, Nvidia’s GPUs are easily accessible in China via the cloud. And that access is surprisingly cheaper in Tianxia than in the US, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Four small-scale Chinese providers offer 8-way Nvidia A100 servers at around 40% lower costs per hour than US cloud providers. FT believes that the availability of these GPUs points to widespread smuggling and a robust resale market in China.
