ByteDance sets 2026 buys: $14B Nvidia H200 and $5.7B Huawei Ascend chips

ByteDance said it plans to acquire $14 billion of Nvidia H200 GPUs in 2026 and budget $5.7 billion for Huawei Ascend processors. The company's projected 2026 outlay exceeds its 2025 budget of 85 billion Yuan (~$12.15B) amid rising compute needs across its apps, Volcano Engine, and LLMs. Sales of Nvidia H200 in China still await confirmation under evolving restrictions.