GoKawiilNscale IPO filing reveals ByteDance unit used 2,304 Nvidia B200 chips in Norway
UK neocloud firm Nscale disclosed in documents tied to its US IPO that a ByteDance subsidiary called Spring accounted for $24 million of its $33 million 2025 revenue, giving Spring access to 2,304 Nvidia B200 chips at Nscale's Glomfjord, Norway facility. The ByteDance link surfaced not in Nscale's S-1 but in a supporting $105 million loan document with Macquarie, and the Financial Times reports the arrangement was legal under current US export rules.
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The disclosure highlights how Chinese firms can still reach top-tier Nvidia hardware through offshore cloud providers despite US export controls, which could draw regulatory scrutiny even if no rules were broken. Nvidia's subsequent large investments in Nscale, and Nscale's pivot toward major Western clients like Microsoft and Anthropic, suggest the company may be moving quickly to dilute its exposure to the ByteDance relationship before its IPO.
- ByteDance subsidiary Spring accessed 2,304 Nvidia B200 chips via Nscale's Norway data center in 2025.
- The ByteDance connection emerged from a loan filing, not Nscale's main IPO prospectus.
- Nvidia has since committed over $2 billion to Nscale, which is reducing Spring's share of its revenue below 20%.
Source: tomshardware.com — Jowi Morales, 2026-09-23
Published there as: “China's ByteDance gained access to over 2,000 Nvidia B200 chips through Norway data center”
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