Report: Huawei was slated to deliver the “full Chinese stack” for Malaysia’s sovereign AI
In the global race for AI, your “tech stack” really matters.
The “stack” refers to the different layers of technology that make up modern AI infrastructure.
To build your stack, you need to carefully choose each layer:
The data center (and its location);
The servers in the data centers;
The chips in the servers;
And the AI model and software tying it all together.
If you are a country seeking to build your own “sovereign AI” to reduce your dependence on other countries, you might want to source each layer of your AI stack domestically, or close to home.
Bloomberg is reporting that Malaysia chose not to use the industry favorite Nvidia GPUs, but rather announced that it had selected China’s Huawei’s Ascend GPU-powered servers for the country’s Strategic Artificial Intelligence system, along with a version of the Chinese DeepSeek LLM.
This so-called “full Chinese stack” is something that the Trump administration and some tech leaders calling for the removal of US AI chip export controls have long feared.
David Sacks, the venture capitalist turned AI adviser to the Trump administration, tweeted:
“As I’ve been warning, the full Chinese stack is here. We rescinded the Biden Diffusion Rule just in time. The American AI stack needs to be unleashed to compete.”
After the White House got wind of the announcement, Bloomberg reports that Malaysia retracted the announcement, and Huawei denied any chip sales to Malaysia.
The data center (and its location);
The servers in the data centers;
The chips in the servers;
And the AI model and software tying it all together.
If you are a country seeking to build your own “sovereign AI” to reduce your dependence on other countries, you might want to source each layer of your AI stack domestically, or close to home.
Bloomberg is reporting that Malaysia chose not to use the industry favorite Nvidia GPUs, but rather announced that it had selected China’s Huawei’s Ascend GPU-powered servers for the country’s Strategic Artificial Intelligence system, along with a version of the Chinese DeepSeek LLM.
This so-called “full Chinese stack” is something that the Trump administration and some tech leaders calling for the removal of US AI chip export controls have long feared.
David Sacks, the venture capitalist turned AI adviser to the Trump administration, tweeted:
“As I’ve been warning, the full Chinese stack is here. We rescinded the Biden Diffusion Rule just in time. The American AI stack needs to be unleashed to compete.”
After the White House got wind of the announcement, Bloomberg reports that Malaysia retracted the announcement, and Huawei denied any chip sales to Malaysia.
