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ByteDance is deploying approximately 36,000 NVIDIA Blackwell B200 chips across 500 computing systems in Malaysia through a partnership with cloud provider Aolani Cloud, in a deal valued at over $2.5 billion. The arrangement exploits a gap in U.S. export controls that restrict direct chip sales to China but allow Chinese companies to lease computing power from cloud operators in non-restricted countries, raising fresh questions about the efficacy of Washington's semiconductor containment strategy.