According to media reports on October 21,ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have ordered over 3 million of NVIDIA's new RTX PRO 5500 graphics processing units (GPUs) for the enterprise and workstation markets, with a total list price exceeding $35 billion (approximately RMB 233.7 billion).
NVIDIA has informed customers and partners that it cannot guarantee fulfillment of relevant orders due to demand from Chinese tech companies far exceeding original production capacity.
The graphics cards ordered by ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent are priced at approximately $11,400 each, bringing the potential total value of the three companies' orders to over $35 billion.
Insiders revealed that NVIDIA had informed partners it might only be able to supply 5% to 10% of the quantities ordered by customers.
Sources citing NVIDIA stated thatGlobal production of RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards in 2027 will peak at only 3 million units, while total orders from Chinese customers have already exceeded 6 million.