Data centers on the grasslands: the computing power frontline behind China's AI ambitions
BBC correspondent Biga Lan reports from Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia: as China accelerates its AI race with the United States, the data center industry is changing local people's lives.
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As China accelerates its AI race with the United States, the industry is also changing local people's lives. BBC correspondent Laura Bicker reports from Ulanqab.
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