Announcement
05 Nov 2025
In November 2025, the Chinese government reportedly ordered state-funded data centres to cease using foreign artificial intelligence chips, applicable to new projects and those less than 30% complete.
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1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
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Implementation date
05 Nov 2025
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Announced: 05 Nov 2025
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On 5 November 2025, it was reported that the Chinese government had issued new guidelines that ban state-funded data centre projects from using foreign-made AI chips.According to Reuters, the guidelin...
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