ByteDance reportedly building 5-6 GW of AI data centers in Ulanqab, costing $110-130B
zephyr_z9 · x · 2026-09-10
Per tphuang, ByteDance alone is building 5-6 GW of AI data centers in Ulanqab, raising local AIDC capacity by 40-50%.
- Estimated cost: 80-96 billion RMB per site cluster ($22B per GW, 160B RMB/GW)
- ByteDance is battling Alibaba and Tencent in consumer and workplace apps, and its overseas capex is a fraction of its China investment
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