Bloomberg says Nvidia ties Southeast Asia partner status to chip tracking

People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Nvidia now requires Southeast Asian customers to enroll in Fleet Intelligence, which can record accelerator locations, in order to become Nvidia Cloud Partners. Tom's Hardware dated that report Nov. 6, and The Malaysian Reserve carried the Bloomberg copy on Nov. 7. The account says location data is not shared with Nvidia or the US government by default, and Nvidia declined to say whether existing partners, including Megaspeed, must enroll or whether the rule extends beyond Southeast Asia.