In TrendsSensex TodayStocks to WatchNifty OutlookAsian StocksTata ChemicalsChina’s DeepSeek plans 160,000 Huawei AI chips in bid to reduce reliance on NvidiaDeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT AI chips at a gigawatt-scale data centre in Inner Mongolia, boosting China’s push to reduce reliance on Nvidia.By Bloomberg September 4, 2026, 3:12:09 PM IST (Published)DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei Technologies Co.’s top accelerators at a massive data center it’s building in Inner Mongolia, which could create one of the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips and advance China’s efforts to replace Nvidia Corp.The AI pioneer intends to use Huawei’s next-generation Ascend 950DT chips for operating its models, though the timeline for installation will depend on Huawei’s production capabilities, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup doesn’t currently plan to use the 950DT chips for training, one of the people said, even though Huawei designed and marketed these processors to serve that more demanding function. While DeepSeek tried to train its previous models on Huawei chips, it has so far relied on Nvidia accelerators for this crucial step.DeepSeek wants to purchase more of Huawei’s best chips, according to the people, but China’s semiconductor…
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