White House Adds Curbs on Foreign Cloud Access to AI Chips in Overwatch Act

The White House integrated language into the AI Overwatch Act to prohibit foreign firms from leasing high-end artificial intelligence computing power through overseas cloud services. This follows reports that Moonshot AI sought to rent clusters of more than 8,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs from European providers. Rep. Brian Mast confirmed the White House provided feedback on three export control bills linked to the National Defense Authorization Act.