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Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has publicly called black market data centers assembled from smuggled parts a dead end, as Washington regulators and the Trump administration ratchet up pressure to prevent China from acquiring advanced AI hardware and software.
The statement positions Nvidia's own CEO against operators who may be eyeing illicit supply chains as a workaround to tightening export controls.
What Huang's Verdict Actually Means Calling a technical workaround a dead end is a commercial judgment, not just a moral one.
Huang's framing suggests that black market builds — however they're sourced — cannot produce data centers capable of competing with infrastructure assembled through legitimate, supported supply chains.
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