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Chinese Tech Giants Order $35 Billion Of Nvidia's Latest 'Compliant' GPUs - Except There's A Huge Problem ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million of Nvidia's new RTX PRO 5500 workstation GPUs, representing a collective sticker price exceeding $35 billion, as Chinese tech giants scramble for export-compliant hardware amid ongoing U.S. trade restrictions, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Nvidia has warned customers and partners that it cannot guarantee fulfillment because Chinese demand vastly outstrips planned production. One source indicated that buyers were informed they...

Pentagon Backs Ambitious Plan To Beam Solar Power From Space By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com Space-based solar power just got another powerful vote of confidence. The United States Department of Defense just inked a contract with solar energy company Overview Energy to “design, build, and test a homing beacon that will enable its space-based solar energy system to accurately beam power from orbit to receiving solar arrays on Earth,” according to a brand new report from Interesting Engineering. The idea is that solar panels would orbit the Earth, collecting sunlight straight from...

Soaring Electricity Costs Force Britain To Rethink Its Green Agenda Via City A.M.,Labour is making affordable energy a central priority as high electricity prices undermine British industrial competitiveness.Decisions on North Sea drilling and electric vehicle targets are testing the government's commitment to net zero.Ministers face pressure to reform electricity levies while balancing economic growth against long-term climate goals.While it didn't make the headlines, Chancellor John Healey's Budget speech signaled a huge shift in positioning from previous governments over net zero."Today I'm setting a new course on energy: to get UK...