Observed Signal · Mar 17, 2026 · Policy Update · Source: CNBC Technology · Impact: 4/5 · Sentiment: Positive
Nvidia Resumes Manufacturing with New Orders from China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company has received purchase orders from China and is restarting manufacturing of H200 processors after obtaining clearance from both sides, remarks made at the GTC conference in San Jose. Nvidia had been largely shut out of China following U.S. export restrictions announced in April that required licenses for advanced chips; the company previously took a $5.5 billion charge related to those limits and developed a lower-capability H20 chip for China. The Trump administration later allowed H200 shipments under conditions including a U.S. revenue share. Nvidia reported 73% revenue growth in its latest quarter and forecast about 77% growth for the current quarter, having assumed no China data-center revenue in guidance.
Reopening access to China restores a major revenue market and increases supply of advanced AI compute hardware, with implications for global AI infrastructure, data-center capacity and geopolitically driven export controls.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company has received purchase orders from China and is restarting manufacturing of H200 processors.
- Nvidia obtained clearance to ship some H200 products to China after earlier U.S. export restrictions required licenses for advanced chips.
- Nvidia previously recorded a $5.5 billion charge due to export restrictions and developed a lower-capability H20 chip for the Chinese market.
- President Donald Trump allowed Nvidia to ship H200 chips to China on condition the U.S. receive a 25% cut of sales.
- CFO Colette Kress previously told analysts that a small number of H200 products had been approved for sale to China but had generated no revenue as of late February.
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