I see that here also:

https://archive.ph/BiSrT

"A key player in getting Megaspeed off the ground was Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce leader that has also been an aggressive player in AI, said people familiar with the negotiations at the time. The U.S. had begun imposing export controls on advanced chips in late 2022, preventing Nvidia from selling them directly to China over concerns they could boost China’s military and surveillance capabilities.

"Alibaba was looking for a partner that could help it access computing power from data centers stuffed with Nvidia chips located outside China, the people said."