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China Powers New $390M Data Centre with Mostly Domestic AI Chips to Cut Dependence

China Powers New $390M Data Centre with Mostly Domestic AI Chips to Cut Dependence
China Unicom has built a $390 million data centre in Xining, Qinghai, using nearly 23,000 AI chips made domestically—about 72% from Alibaba’s T-Head—with contributions from MetaX, Biren Tech, Zhonghao Xinying, and plans to add chips from Tecorigin, Moore Threads, and Enflame. Currently delivering 3,579 petaflops of compute, it aims for 20,000 petaflops when completed.

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