Sources: US negotiators used the promise of access to Nvidia's chips for an Armenian data center to broker a preliminary Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal last year (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: Sources: US negotiators used the promise of access to Nvidia's chips for an Armenian data center to broker a preliminary Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal last year  —  Negotiators offered access to advanced AI hardware to help secure a preliminary agreement ending decades of conflict