FT: China rapidly builds data centers in energy-rich hinterland to power AI race
EleanorOlcott · x · 2026-10-12
Per FT (via WSJ's JChengWSJ), China is building data centers at rapid speed across its energy-rich hinterland, seeking to convert abundant electricity and cheap land into an advantage in the global race to develop AI — a supply-side framing of the US-China compute competition that emphasizes energy and land costs over chips.
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