NBC Reports on China's AI Data Center Buildout in Ulanqab
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NBC News reported on Nov. 13, 2026 that large data centers are being built rapidly across the grasslands of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, as China pushes to build the computing power it needs to compete with the United States for global AI dominance. According to the report, the construction is transforming the arid landscape at breakneck speed. The report frames Ulanqab's data farms as a local base underpinning that national push. It offers no figures on the number of facilities, their capacity or cost, and does not assess whether the buildout has narrowed the computing gap with the United States.
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Data centers are being built at breakneck speed across the grasslands of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, as China races to build the computing power it needs to compete with the United States for global AI dominance. The report, dated Nov. 13, 2026, examines how the city's data farms underpin that national push.
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