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Why the 'Brain' of China's AI Runs on a Grassland: Inside Alibaba's Ulanqab Data Center

Summary by Pandaily
Beijing users tapping an AI app may not notice that part of their request is shooting 350 kilometers west to Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, computing there, and racing back—a 700-kilometer round trip concluded imperceptibly. Alibaba's data center on the city's Chahaer Hi-Tech Zone is one reason the grassland outpost of fewer than 1.6 million people has become a center of gravity for China's AI workloads. Firms flock there for a simple combination: abu…
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Pandaily broke the news on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.
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