China's AI compute is set to double in 2027, from 4.6 million to 8.8 million H100-equivalents, but US-designed chips will still cover about 65 per cent. A Washington report says remote access via overseas clouds will reach 2.8 million H100-equivalents by end 2027, and urges tighter controls on chip smuggling and cloud use. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3371929/chinas-ai-compute-surge-heavily-reliant-us-chips-offshore-cloud-access-report #Tech #Startup #News #AI