FT series: China's data centre boom soaks up Inner Mongolia's power glut
EleanorOlcott · x · 2026-10-08
First of a three-part FT series (with @zijingwu and @WillLangley96) on China's data centre build-out: Inner Mongolia may hold the world's largest local electricity oversupply, and China's AI infrastructure boom is now absorbing that excess power.
Related event: Abandoned school in Inner Mongolia reborn as AI data center(3 posts)→
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