Chinese companies are increasingly placing more orders for Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) H20 artificial intelligence chip amid rising demand for DeepSeek's (DEEPSEEK) low-cost AI models, Reuters reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter.

Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent & Co. will likely order far more AI chips from Nvidia than before. This is likely due to the integration of AI models from DeepSeek.

Chinese tech giants Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance have significantly increased orders for Nvidia's H20 AI chips, as the rise of DeepSeek's low-cost AI models drives a surge in demand for AI computing power.