# Epoch AI launches an explorer estimating AI chip arrivals by country

> Original title: Introducing the AI Chip Imports explorer

- Source: Epoch AI
- Published: 2026-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/b6oz9owrbziijnv86xcyjfug3
- Original: https://epoch.ai/latest/introducing-the-ai-chip-imports-explorer

## Summary

Epoch AI has launched the AI Chip Imports explorer, which estimates AI compute arriving in each country quarter by quarter since 2022 using customs records. It estimates the US received 19.8 million H100-equivalents, or 72%, of the 27.4 million total through June 2026, while China, including domestic production, received 2.6 million, or 10%.

## Why it matters

The explorer estimates AI chip arrivals by country from customs records, showing the US received about 72% of new AI compute since 2022 versus China's 10%.