FT: China races to build AI data centres across energy-rich hinterland
EleanorOlcott · x · 2026-10-08
The Financial Times reports that China is racing to build AI data centres across its energy-rich hinterland, relocating compute infrastructure toward regions with abundant power to keep up with surging AI compute demand — another sign of intensifying global AI infrastructure competition.
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