Epoch AI estimates Huawei Horinger data center at about 81,000 H100-equivalents
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Epoch AI estimates that Huawei's Horinger data center in Inner Mongolia holds about 105,000 operational Ascend 910C chips and 8,000 Ascend 910B chips, equivalent to roughly 81,000 H100-equivalents (90% confidence interval: 36,000 to 141,000). The estimate is based on commercial satellite imagery and a cooling-equipment model that puts the facility's four AI-focused buildings at up to 286 MW of IT power capacity. On that basis, Epoch AI places Horinger at about 7% of the AI compute in SpaceX's Colossus 2 in Tennessee. A planned additional building could raise Horinger's capacity by more than 70% by early 2028, which would still leave it far behind Colossus 2's projected 1.8 million H100-equivalents.
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Epoch AI estimates Huawei's Horinger data center in Inner Mongolia holds about 105,000 operational Ascend 910C and 8,000 Ascend 910B chips, equal to roughly 81,000 H100-equivalents (90% CI: 36,000 to 141,000). The estimate comes from commercial satellite imagery and a cooling-equipment model that puts the four AI-focused buildings at up to 286 MW of IT power capacity. That leaves Horinger at about 7% of the AI compute in SpaceX's Colossus 2 in Tennessee, and a planned building could raise its capacity by over 70% by early 2028, still far behind Colossus 2's projected 1.8 million H100e.
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