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China builds 800MW AI data center campus to rival US Stargate project · 1 source tracked

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China is developing an 800-megawatt AI data center campus in Inner Mongolia, named Galaxy, which aims to rival the scale and cost-efficiency of the US Stargate project. The campus, developed by Envision, has already delivered its first 120 megawatts within a year, reportedly at one-fifth the cost of comparable US facilities. To address the immense power demands of AI, Galaxy is integrating its own wind farms and battery storage, a departure from US approaches that rely more on on-site gas turbines. AI

IMPACT This development signals a global race for AI infrastructure, potentially impacting hardware supply chains and energy markets.

RANK_REASON Major infrastructure development by a nation-state to compete with a known US project. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Newton Gitonga ·

    China builds massive 800-megawatt AI data center campus to rival US Stargate project

    Envision has delivered the first 120MW of its Galaxy AI datacenter in less than a year, combining wind farms, battery storage and an unconventional cooling system to cut costs and keep power-hungry servers running

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