Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese language prospects to pay upfront for its H200 AI chips

Nvidia is now requiring its prospects in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips whilst approval stateside and from Beijing stays unsure, Reuters reported, citing nameless sources.

The chipmaker isn’t leaving any room for refunds or modifications to orders, the report stated.

Whereas some prospects could also be allowed to make use of business insurance coverage or asset collateral, the phrases are far stricter than Nvidia’s earlier insurance policies, which generally permitted partial deposits, Reuters reported.

Nvidia declined to remark.  

China is predicted to permit Nvidia to promote its H200 chips within the nation, per Bloomberg, although Beijing needs to forestall the chips from being utilized by its army, state-owned corporations, and delicate infrastructure issues.

Regardless of the challenges, demand for Nvidia’s H200 stays sturdy, and Chinese language corporations have reportedly positioned orders for greater than 2 million of the GPUs in 2026, prompting the chipmaker to ramp up manufacturing.

Nvidia is attempting to strike a cautious steadiness between assembly sturdy demand for its chips whereas managing political threat in each the U.S. and China. The U.S. chipmaker suffered costly setbacks when the Trump administration stated it will want a license to export its H20 chips to China, forcing the corporate to write down down $5.5 billion price of stock.