China Launches State-Owned Data Company, Plans ~$300B in Data Centers Over 5 Years
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-20
China has unveiled a new state-owned data company to power its AI ambitions, with Beijing reportedly preparing to invest roughly $300 billion in data centers over the next five years — a massive national-level compute infrastructure push.
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