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title: "Moonshot AI Discussed Renting 8,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in Europe to Bypass US Curbs"
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published_at: "2026-11-05T13:53:57.000Z"
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summary: "Moonshot AI negotiated to rent over 8,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs from European cloud providers to bypass U.S. export restrictions, reportedly offering 30% to 50% higher upfront payments than non-Chinese customers."
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# Moonshot AI Discussed Renting 8,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs in Europe to Bypass US Curbs

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**Published:** 2026-11-05T13:53:57.000Z
**Category:** Chips
**Topics:** regulation

## Summary

Moonshot AI negotiated to rent over 8,000 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs from European cloud providers to bypass U\.S\. export restrictions, reportedly offering 30% to 50% higher upfront payments than non\-Chinese customers\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/ai/moonshot-ai-discussed-renting-8000-nvidia-blackwell-gpus-in-europe-to-by-f22162d1>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/CNBC/status/2118337682090721365>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2118337844997657046>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/jukan05/status/2118339281693675581>)
- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/ai/moonshot-ai-discussed-renting-8000-nvidia-blackwell-gpus-in-europe-to-by-f22162d1>)