WSJ: US Dangled Nvidia Chip Access for Armenian Data Center to Broker Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace
Summary
The Wall Street Journal reported on September 4 that US negotiators used the promise of Nvidia Blackwell chip access for an Armenian AI data center as diplomatic leverage to broker the provisional Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal signed at the White House in August 2025. Chip export approval followed months later, tied to Firebird's planned 100MW supercomputing site in Armenia.
Originally reported by wsj.com
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