ByteDance unit taps 2,304 Nvidia B200 GPUs in Norway via Nscale cloud deal

The Norway hosting setup exposes how Chinese-backed firms can lawfully tap top Nvidia chips abroad despite U.S. export limits.

IPO filings from UK-based cloud provider Nscale reveal that a ByteDance affiliate, Spring (SG) Pte Ltd, has been renting access to 2,304 Nvidia B200 GPUs hosted in Nscale’s Glomfjord, Norway data center via a $24 million contract. The setup exploited gaps in U.S. export controls by letting a Chinese-owned group use cutting‑edge Nvidia accelerators hosted outside China, while staying technically within the rules. Nscale financed these GPU purchases with a $105 million loan from Macquarie plus $35 million in equity, then quickly secured a strategic deal in which Jensen Huang committed over $660 million and Nvidia agreed to large future chip purchases, later raising its commitments above $2 billion and backing an $860 million Texas lease. Those commitments enabled Nscale to land massive long‑term cloud deals reportedly worth $44 billion with Microsoft and $45 billion with Anthropic, which should shrink Spring’s share of future revenue below 20%. Because of ByteDance’s involvement, Macquarie required monitoring of Spring’s GPU usage and third‑party due diligence to reduce legal and sanctions risk around U.S. export rules.