In Shenzhen, a market for repairing Nvidia's banned AI hardware, particularly H100 and A100 GPUs, is flourishing. Local companies are filling the void left by Nvidia's absence, repairing hundreds of GPUs monthly while illegal backchannel smuggling of these chipsets from abroad heightens. As usage and failure rates of these GPUs rise in China's data centers, repair services flourish, offering costs around 10,000 to 20,000 yuan per repair. Despite Nvidia's compliant H20 chip, demand for the powerful H100 for AI training remains significant, indicating continued reliance on the chipsets.
Local tech companies in Shenzhen are repairing defective H100 and A100 GPUs on a large scale that have entered the country through back channels.
With Nvidia itself unable to offer support in the country, local companies are stepping into the gap.
Repairs cost between 10,000 and 20,000 yuan on average, depending on the damage.
Powerful chips needed for AI training, especially the H100, remain the favorite for training language models.
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