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SemiAnalysis: Inner Mongolia is China's fastest-growing AI data center region

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SemiAnalysis reports that Inner Mongolia has become China's fastest-growing AI data center region, driven by low construction costs and the absence of public backlash. The report highlights an 800MW wind-powered campus, 120MW built within a year, and a 5MW SST-native 800V DC pilot with a cooling design that omits central chillers.

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    Inside Inner Mongolia, China's fastest-growing AI data center region, where construction is accelerating with low building cost and no public backlash (SemiAnalysis)

    SemiAnalysis : Inside Inner Mongolia, China's fastest-growing AI data center region, where construction is accelerating with low building cost and no public backlash — A wind-powered 800MW campus, 120MW built within a year, a 5MW SST-native 800V DC pilot and a cooling design without central chillers

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