The Chinese city powering the country's AI ambitions with data farms

ULANQAB, Inner Mongolia — In the vast grasslands of northern China, massive data centers are cropping up at breakneck speed, transforming the arid landscape as China races to build the computing power it needs to compete with the United States for global AI dominance.

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