China offers tech giants cheap power to boost domestic AI chips
Beijing introduces grants that slash energy bills by up to half for some of country’s largest data centres
Beijing introduces grants that slash energy bills by up to half for some of country’s largest data centres

Alibaba and ByteDance shift development to south-east Asia to sidestep US curbs

It has the advantage on both energy and practical application

Beijing encouraged purchase of Huawei and Cambricon processors before Trump’s move to allow Nvidia exports

Fabrication plants serving Huawei push to increase production as US cuts off access to Nvidia’s top processors

Chinese AI group has worked with Huawei to cut reliance on Nvidia chips

Energy abundance, open-source models and manufacturing strengths will push Beijing into first place