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騰訊與甲骨文簽署5年協議,租賃10萬枚AI晶片算力
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騰訊與甲骨文簽署5年協議,租賃10萬枚AI晶片算力

騰訊斥資70億美元租用東南亞資料中心算力,以規避美國半導體出口管制

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騰訊與甲骨文簽署為期5年、價值70億美元的租賃協議,將租用甲骨文位於東南亞資料中心的10萬枚先進AI晶片算力。此舉旨在繞過美國對中國的先進半導體出口管制,獲取境外強大算力以開發AI模型。

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美國對中國實施先進AI晶片出口管制,導致中國科技公司轉向租用海外雲端算力。美國商務部正重新檢討相關政策,以防止中國企業規避禁令。

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英國《金融時報》報導,知情人士透露,中國科技巨頭騰訊(Tencent)已與美國雲端服務供應商甲骨文(Oracle)簽署一份為期5年的租賃協議,將向甲骨文位於東南亞的多個資料中心,租借10萬枚先進人工智慧(AI)晶片。這筆交易金額高達70億美元(新台幣2229億元),騰訊需先預付30%款項。

透過甲骨文位於東南亞的多座資料中心,騰訊不必直接進口實體硬體,就能在境外取得並存取中國境內無法獲得的強大算力。

由於美國對中國實施半導體出口管制措施,尤其是先進AI晶片的對中國出口更需申請許可證,加上中國國內供應受限,包括騰訊、字節跳動,以及月之暗面(MoonShot AI)等AI新創公司,紛紛尋找海外雲端算力,甚至被美方指控透過馬來西亞等東南亞夥伴的資料中心,租用算力使用輝達(Nvidia)先進AI晶片。

《彭博》今年8月曾報導, 美國商務部工業與安全局(BIS)正在重新檢討政策,除持續追查受管制的先進AI晶片是否經由黑市走私流入中國外,也開始調查中國公司透過雲端服務供應商,遠端使用美國先進AI晶片的情況。

由於美國先進AI晶片並未實際出口至中國,而是安裝在其他國家的資料中心提供遠端運算,並未違反美國現行出口管制措施,但這類做法已引起川普政府高度關注。BIS正整理兩類國家名單,第一類涉及黑市走私活動,將受限制的輝達先進AI晶片實際運往中國;第二類則是中國企業可遠距使用相關晶片的國家。

美國之所以重新檢討政策,與中國AI新創公司近日陸續推出性能強大的AI模型有關。月之暗面今年7月中旬發布大型AI模型Kimi K3,在多項基準測試中的表現,已接近美國OpenAI與Anthropic等業者的最新模型。

白宮科技政策辦公室主任克拉茨歐斯(Michael Kratsios)今年7月底就公開指控,月之暗面非法取得美國AI模型和輝達最先進AI晶片,來開發Kimi K3模型,並透過泰國合作夥伴遠端使用相關設備,此舉已違反了美國出口管制措施。

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 美國商務部將針對遠端算力存取發布新的出口管制指引

    Likely · Within months

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  • 美國政府是否會正式禁止中國企業租用海外雲端算力?
  • 甲骨文是否會因該協議面臨美國政府的制裁壓力?

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