Inner Mongolia signed 12 green computing projects worth 186.46 billion yuan on Saturday, about $27.49bn. It also broke ground on a platform to sell Chinese AI services abroad. The state news agency Xinhua reported both from Hohhot, the regional capital. The conference that hosted the signings was held on the Cilechuan Grassland.
China builds the data centres that run its AI in its rural west, on land that used to carry livestock. Two reports this month describe what that looks like. Agence France-Presse visited Guizhou. The South China Morning Post reported from Ulanqab.
What was signed in Hohhot
The projects involve Volcano Engine, ByteDance’s cloud arm, alongside Cambricon Technologies and China Telecom. They cover green intelligent computing centres, token factories, and manufacturing for computing-power and electricity equipment.
Construction also began on a service platform for digital services going global. It sits in the Hohhot Area of the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone. It will connect overseas developers with Chinese AI models and green computing resources. Services include compliance assessment, computing-power scheduling, token measurement, cross-border settlement and developer support.
