Chinese technology titan Tencent Holdings Ltd. has executed a $7 billion cloud computing agreement with U.S. infrastructure giant Oracle Corp., securing access to roughly 100,000 advanced artificial intelligence chips in Southeast Asian data centers. The five-year lease, which includes an estimated 30% upfront payment, provides Tencent with the high-performance computational capacity required to train its next-generation AI models and automated agent tools. By anchoring its AI infrastructure to American cloud platforms overseas, Tencent highlights how Chinese technology majors continue to couple China’s artificial intelligence ambitions directly to U.S. hardware ecosystems despite expanding trade controls. Under current U.S. export regulations, offshore…
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