China’s Shift to Western AI Data Centers Signals Tech Boom

Set in rolling grassland, Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia is becoming a key tech hub as China moves computing power away from its eastern cities to the west, where space and green energy are abundant. Workers in Ulanqab are busy constructing data centers as part of Beijing’s “Data in the East, Computing in the West” initiative, impacting project distribution across the country. By 2028, the region is expected to surpass Beijing and Shanghai in computing capacity, attracting major Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek and Z.AI Co. to build giant data centers. China’s focus on the north and northwest regions, with Inner…