Five Point Six Billion Through a Name Change: How a Blacklisted Chinese Server Giant Kept Buying Blackwell, September 8, 2026

Five Point Six Billion Through a Name Change: How a Blacklisted Chinese Server Giant Kept Buying Blackwell A New York Times investigation traced at least 5.6 billion dollars in advanced technology, including more than 3 billion dollars of computers built around Nvidia Blackwell chips, from the American subsidiary of blacklisted Chinese server maker Inspur into Southeast Asia and onward to Chinese end users. Chris and Laura unpack the quiet rename, the 33 percent ownership stake that sat just...