Moonshot AI reportedly negotiated renting Blackwells in EU data centers amid export curbs
rickasaurus · x · 2026-11-05
According to a CNBC report shared by Andrew Curran, Kimi's Moonshot AI has held discussions with neocloud providers about renting Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in EU data centers, exploiting a loophole in US chip export controls. The commenter notes this loophole will likely be closed soon given the midterm results, and stronger chip export controls now look considerably more probable than 48 hours ago.
Related event: Moonshot AI in Talks to Lease Nvidia Blackwell Chips in Europe(3 posts)→
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