NVIDIA is urgently courting Chinese partners to develop 6G AI-RAN base stations that combine telecom connectivity with on‑site AI compute, accelerating its push into the telecom operator market. The company is seeking Chinese base‑station manufacture

2026-08-06

NVIDIA is urgently courting Chinese partners to develop 6G AI-RAN base stations that combine telecom connectivity with on‑site AI compute, accelerating its push into the telecom operator market. The company is seeking Chinese base‑station manufacturers to build 6G units that meet overseas market requirements. Shenzhen Jiaxian Communications is one confirmed partner; sources say NVIDIA engaged the firm in 2025 and the collaboration — now in technical R&D and leveraging the NVIDIA CUDA ecosystem — has run for more than six months. The parties are discussing a possible commercial joint entity for overseas expansion as NVIDIA plans to start edge compute network deployments over the next two years.