Moonshot AI Plans to Rent Nvidia Blackwell Compute Power in Europe
Sources say Moonshot AI is negotiating to rent Nvidia Blackwell computing power from European neocloud data centers, potentially securing over 8,000 GPUs primarily for inference, though training is also involved. The White House reported in July that the company had obtained Blackwell chips through facilities in Thailand. U.S. export controls prohibit Blackwell imports into China, and accessing them remotely via overseas cloud services is seen as a workaround. One proposal suggests Moonshot AI…
Moonshot AI Plans to Rent Nvidia Blackwell Compute Power in Europe
According to sources familiar with the matter, Moonshot AI is in talks to rent Nvidia Blackwell compute power from data centers operated by emerging European cloud providers (neoclouds), with a scale of over 8,000 GPUs. The capacity would primarily be used for inference, though it would also involve training. In July, the White House stated that the company had previously obtained Blackwell chips through facilities in Thailand.
U.S. export controls prohibit the import of Blackwell chips into China, and using them remotely via overseas cloud services is seen as a potential workaround. One proposed arrangement suggests that Moonshot AI would need to pay 30% to 50% more in upfront fees than non-Chinese buyers.
Source: CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/05/moonshot-ai-nvidia-chips-europe-china.html