H3C
H3C designs its UniServer line out of the former Huawei-3Com and HPE joint-venture engineering base, and is China's #2 server vendor. Not Entity-Listed, so it remains a legitimate route to China-licensed NVIDIA SKUs inside China, and irrelevant to most Western procurement.
- Two decades of in-house hardware engineering lineage from the original Huawei-3Com networking and server joint venture
- Operates 9 own manufacturing facilities and dual R&D headquarters (Hangzhou, Beijing)
- Publishes in-house hardware designs: UniServer R5300/R5500 G6 series with custom chassis, power and thermal engineering
- China's #1 blade server vendor (54% share, 2025) and #2 overall server vendor per IDC
- Former China manufacturing joint venture for HPE servers until HPE's 2023 exit
| Model | Platform | Form factor | Cooling |
|---|---|---|---|
| UniServer R5300 G6 Dual 4th/5th Gen Xeon, 4:1 or 8:1 GPU-to-CPU topologies, PCIe 5.0 | HGX / PCIe | 2U/4U | air or DLC |
| UniServer R5500 G6 NVIDIA HGX H800 8-GPU module, ~32 PFLOPS rated | HGX | rack | air or DLC |
- Sells NVIDIA HGX-based AI servers domestically (HGX H800 and earlier China-compliant A800/H20 SKUs); not itself Entity-Listed
- Not on the US BIS Entity List as of mid-2026; can integrate NVIDIA GPUs export-cleared for China, not the unrestricted global lineup
- Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Beijing
- 7 additional China manufacturing sites (9 total)
- Not on the Entity List, which distinguishes it from Inspur and Sugon, but it can only ship NVIDIA SKUs currently license-approved for China
- 100% Chinese-owned since January 2023 after Unisplendour bought out HPE's stake for ~$3.5B
- Relevant to Western buyers mainly as a China and ASEAN market vendor
Is H3C an OEM, ODM or integrator for NVIDIA AI servers?
H3C sits in the "China domestic (export-restricted)" tier of our index. Two decades of in-house hardware engineering lineage from the original Huawei-3Com networking and server joint venture
Does H3C design its NVIDIA servers in-house?
H3C designs its UniServer line out of the former Huawei-3Com and HPE joint-venture engineering base, and is China's #2 server vendor. Not Entity-Listed, so it remains a legitimate route to China-licensed NVIDIA SKUs inside China, and irrelevant to most Western procurement.
Which NVIDIA platforms does H3C ship?
H3C ships systems on HGX / PCIe, HGX. The systems table on this page lists the specific models.
Where does H3C manufacture its AI servers?
Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Beijing. 7 additional China manufacturing sites (9 total)