In TrendsSensex TodayAsian StocksGold-Silver PricesBrent Crude PricesChina races to build AI data centres far from its biggest cities to tap cheap powerChina is shifting data centres from crowded eastern cities to western regions, with Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia emerging as a major hub for AI computing, cheap power and green energy.By Bloomberg September 8, 2026, 8:40:09 AM IST (Published)Set in rolling grassland, Ulanqab is an unlikely technological hub.Yet this modest city of less than 2 million people in Inner Mongolia has found itself on the front line of China’s efforts to relocate computing power away from its crowded eastern megacities and out to its western regions, where both space and inexpensive green energy are abundant.At one cluttered intersection on the eastern edge of the city on a Friday lunchtime, workers streamed out of a cluster of data-centre construction sites — a reminder of the scale of the endeavour here, some 350 km (roughly 217 miles) northwest of Beijing. Still wearing hard hats and high-visibility vests, their pants and boots caked in dust, they congregated at a cluster of trucks selling cheap meals, beer and cigarettes.“Every day, there are hundreds of workers,” said a woman surnamed Yin, who uses only one…
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