China Cuts Data Center Energy Costs By 50% With Major Subsidies To Boost Domestic Chip Industry: Report

China has reportedly boosted subsidies for major data centers, slashing their energy bills by up to 50% to support domestic ...
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Alibaba's AI chips get backing from China Unicom as prominent client - report

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) gets a high-profile customer in China Unicom (OTCPK:CHUFF) as it makes headway in its home market with its AI chips. China Unicom (OTCPK:CHUFF) provides telecommunications ...

China Reportedly Bans Foreign AI Chips In State-Funded Data Centers In A Blow To Nvidia, AMD

Beijing has reportedly issued a directive banning foreign AI chips in state-funded data centers amid an intensifying U.S.-China tech war.
Digi Times

Alibaba's T-Head AI chip rivals Nvidia H20, wins major China Unicom data center deal

Alibaba's chip design arm T-Head has introduced its latest AI accelerator, the PPU, positioning it as a rival to Nvidia's China-only H20 GPU. The processor has already been rolled out in volume at ...
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China’s AI Boom Could Outlast the U.S. Why Alibaba’s Bet Is Just the Start.

Alibaba Group Holding is reminding investors that the U.S. isn’t the only AI game in town. The company announced an increased investment in artificial intelligence and unveiled a new AI model on ...
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China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips

Beijing is demanding tech companies including Alibaba and ByteDance justify their orders of Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence chips, complicating the US chipmaker’s business in China after striking ...