DeepSeek Plans Gigawatt-Scale AI Data Center in Inner Mongolia

China's artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is planning a massive gigawatt-scale data center in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia. The Hangzhou-based company aims to build its own facility and lease capacity from others to establish one gigawatt of compute. Located 350 kilometers northwest of Beijing, Ulanqab is emerging as an infrastructure hub with more than a dozen firms planning projects there, highlighting DeepSeek's ambitions to compete with Silicon Valley leaders.

DeepSeek gigawatt data center

• ▪China-based artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is planning a massive artificial-intelligence data center in Inner Mongolia.
• ▪DeepSeek aims to build its own new facility while leasing additional capacity from other companies to expand its computing infrastructure.
• ▪DeepSeek is a Hangzhou-based startup that has demonstrated it can compete with leading Silicon Valley artificial intelligence models.

Ulanqab AI infrastructure hub

• ▪DeepSeek is looking to add one gigawatt worth of compute in Ulanqab, located approximately 350 kilometers northwest of Beijing.
• ▪More than a dozen firms have projects planned in Ulanqab, according to a third-party compilation of local government approvals.

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