China builds data centres in Inner Mongolia to power its AI ambitions

Dozens of data centres are being built in Inner Mongolia to support China’s artificial-intelligence expansion, BBC correspondent Laura Bicker reports from the region.

China is seeking to become the world leader in AI, and the new facilities are part of the computing infrastructure being developed for that goal. The report focuses on remote sites where data-centre capacity is being assembled.

Different views of data centres

The BBC says attitudes towards the data-centre industry differ between China and the United States. It does not provide specific figures measuring those differences or identify individual residents’ positions.

The report comes ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington, scheduled for later this week. The source does not give an exact date or time for the meeting.