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# Oracle reportedly cancels a ~$7B, 100,000-chip AI lease to Tencent in Southeast Asia under US pressure (FT)

The Financial Times reported on Nov 4, 2026 that Oracle cancelled a five-year agreement worth about $7B to lease roughly 100,000 advanced AI chips in its Southeast Asian data centres to Tencent, after Trump administration officials raised concerns; Guangdong officials separately urged Tencent to back Chinese chips.

## Key facts
- Reuters could not independently verify; Oracle, Tencent and the White House did not comment (TechNode)
- Remote access to US chips in third countries has been a gap in export controls

## What happened

Written from TechNode's summary of the paywalled FT report.

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## Sources

1. [TechNode: Oracle reportedly cancels $7 billion Tencent AI chip lease](https://technode.com/2026/11/05/oracle-reportedly-cancels-7-billion-tencent-ai-chip-lease-under-us-pressure/) (technode.com, press)

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