GoKawiilOracle reportedly signs $7B five-year AI chip lease deal with Tencent
According to the Financial Times, Oracle has agreed to lease about 100,000 advanced AI chips to Tencent across Southeast Asian data centers over five years, in a deal valued near $7 billion with roughly 30% paid upfront. Neither company has confirmed the arrangement, and the specific chip model involved has not been disclosed, though the FT notes such leases are permitted under current US export rules since the hardware is unavailable in China.
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The reported per-chip hourly rate of about $1.60 sits well below recent market benchmarks for Nvidia's H100 and B200 chips, which could suggest unusual terms or a different hardware mix than assumed, even as overall rental prices and contract lengths have been trending upward industry-wide. Tencent executives have separately noted they could resell existing chip orders at significant profit over purchase price, hinting at a broader pattern of AI hardware scarcity and pricing leverage shaping deals like this one.
- Oracle and Tencent reportedly agreed to a five-year, ~$7 billion lease for about 100,000 AI chips in Southeast Asia
- The estimated $1.60 per chip-hour rate is well below current market rates cited for Nvidia's H100 and B200 chips
- Neither company has confirmed the deal, and the exact chip model involved remains unspecified
Source: tomshardware.com — Shane Downing, 2026-10-05
Published there as: “Tencent scores 100,000 offshore AI chip deal with Oracle for $7 billion despite climbing prices”
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