China Preps $295 Billion Plan to Fund Nationwide AI Buildout: Chinese data centers in general cost less than in the US because of cheaper labor, component and construction costs, and local government incentives. Also doesn’t include spending by private firms such as Alibaba and Tencent

You mentioned AI! This is a reminder of failing U.S. efforts to stop its development in China, and how it's turning out.

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China Preps $295 Billion Plan to Fund Nationwide AI Buildout: Chinese data centers in general cost less than in the US because of cheaper labor, component and construction costs, and local government incentives. Also doesn’t include spending by private firms such as Alibaba and Tencent

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(Bloomberg) -- China is preparing to spend around 2 trillion yuan ($295 billion) over the next five years on building data centers across the country, fueling Beijing’s ambition to propel the domestic AI sector and surpass the US in a potentially game-changing technology.

Key government agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission are drafting a blueprint to erect a network of inter-connected computing hubs across the country, people familiar with the matter said. State firms such as China Mobile Ltd. and China Telecom Corp. will operate the bulk of the data centers and ensure they’re connected, one of the people said. The idea is to rely on local suppliers including Huawei Technologies Co. for at least 80% of technology such as AI chips, effectively squeezing out Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the people said.

The over-arching plan represents Beijing’s most aggressive endeavor yet to lay the foundation for future Chinese AI development. It recalls the undertakings of years past that marshalled resources to support national champions like Huawei, with the aim of replacing US technology. And it’s a key prong of the “Six Networks” program announced earlier this year, covering construction of essential infrastructure spanning water and electricity to computing, one of the people said.

The data center blueprint remains in early discussions and details could change, the people said, asking not to be named talking about a private matter. But it underscores Beijing’s resolve to drive cutting-edge technologies even as spending elsewhere begins to wither under mounting government debt. The sum will be funded mainly through sovereign debt including ultra-long-term special government bonds — typically of more than 10 years’ tenure — and state funds for investment in strategic industries, the people said. Bank loans and private capital would supplement the financing, they said.

A unified computing network would pool fragmented regional resources and should give enterprises broader access to high-performance computing, according to Charlie Dai, principal analyst at Forrester Research. It would also help speed up AI model iteration and the expansion of agentic and physical AI services across industries, he said. “Elevating it to a national strategy ensures policy alignment, capital mobilization,” he said.

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