ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent reportedly place over $35B in Nvidia chip orders
Ok_Warning2146 · reddit · 2026-10-21
A Reddit post claims ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have collectively placed over $35 billion worth of Nvidia chip orders, reportedly including around 3 million RTX 5500 Pro units, likely destined for LLM inference and AI video generation.
The poster worries the bulk purchase will push the card further out of reach for local LLM hobbyists. The source and exact model details are unverified and should be treated with caution.
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