Inner Mongolia signs $27bn of AI computing projects
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Inner Mongolia locking in ~$27.49B across 12 ‘green computing’ projects is China turning remote regions into AI export zones. For anyone selling AI services into or against Chinese providers, power, land, and policy arbitrage are now part of the competitive set, not just model quality.
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