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# ByteDance Funnels Three-Quarters of Nscale's Revenue Through Norway GPU Hub
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/bytedance-funnels-three-quarters-of-nscales-revenue-through-norway-gpu-hub/
- Published: 2026-09-23T16:10:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T16:10:34.000Z
- Description: ByteDance is using Nscale, a Norwegian chip distributor, to access Nvidia GPUs while sidestepping US export controls.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-connected, infrastructure, ai-chips, data-centers

Source: [Financial Times](https://www.ft.com/content/d1090476-7be6-4bba-ae2a-f417499e820a?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

ByteDance is using Nscale, a Norwegian chip distributor, to access Nvidia GPUs while sidestepping US export controls. The arrangement exposes weaknesses in America's semiconductor containment policy against China: economic gains flow to a private Norwegian firm rather than US chip manufacturers, while geopolitical risk concentrates in a single jurisdiction. ByteDance represents 75% of Nscale's business, creating a single point of failure if Norway tightens export rules or the US extends restrictions to allied distribution channels.