Inner Mongolia Electricity Costs 1/3 of US Hubs, DeepSeek Gains Edge in Compute Economics
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-08-01
Average electricity prices in Inner Mongolia are about $0.035-$0.041 per kWh, roughly one-third of US data center hubs like Virginia or Tennessee. Combined with DeepSeek's architectural efficiency, this substantial energy cost advantage keeps their per-token costs significantly below their US counterparts.
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