How China Is Turning a Rural Potato‑Growing Area Into the Hub of Its Technological Competition With the United States

In Ulanqab, China is erecting massive rectangular server farms amid potato fields to host a large share of the nation’s AI compute capacity. The effort, driven by the state‑led ‘IA Plus’ plan with a 500 billion‑yuan budget, is being rushed with hundreds of cranes and workers to meet a 2030 goal of matching the United States.

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