Large-scale construction of AI data centers on the Ulanqab grasslands
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Large data centers are rapidly being built on the grasslands of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia. These facilities are being used to provide computing power for China and the United States in their competition for global AI dominance, while also changing the local arid landscape. The above description comes from an NBC News report. The report says these data centers are appearing at an "astonishing speed," with a scale sufficient to alter the local landscape.
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In the grasslands of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, large data centers are being built rapidly as China seeks the computing power needed to compete with the United States for global AI dominance.
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