Tencent slows GPU deployment, blames DeepSeek breakthrough
Says it can get more performance with less
News - China (EN)
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Vnet raising $400m in bonds to fund Chinese data center expansion
Bonds will mature in April 2030
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Former Google CEO suggests building data centers in remote locations in case of nation-state attacks to slow down AI
Eric Schmidt, Scale AI's CEO, and the Center for AI Safety look to nuclear weapons for lessons on the AI age
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GDS to sell data centers to new REIT in $400m deal
China Life leads investment in new RIET - GDS to retain 30 percent stake
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ASML plans 'new' reuse and repair center in Beijing amid ongoing US-China chip war
But report claims it is merely an upgrade of an existing facility
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China's MIIT approves 13 foreign firms to offer telecoms value added services
Policy first launched in October last year
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Alibaba Group to invest $53bn in cloud and AI infrastructure in next three years
Expects this period to be the company's "most concentrated and highest level of investments"
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China's underwater data center expanded
New module added, ten customers secured, reports say
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Dell’Oro Group predicts data center annual capex will hit $1 trillion by 2029
But figure is somewhat based on Stargate happening as promised
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US and Chinese cloud providers offer access to DeepSeek models
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Huawei, and Alibaba Cloud among those to bring DeepSeek onboard
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Canada and Mexico impose retaliatory tariffs against US
From trading partners to trade war
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US to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
As Trump threatens to start a trade war with the EU
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits White House to talk 'AI leadership' with Trump
As Trump threatens chip tariffs, and may tighten export controls
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US investigates if DeepSeek got Nvidia GPUs from Singaporean companies
Questions remain about the validity of DeepSeek's cost claims
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OpenAI claims DeepSeek used its model to train cheaper alternative
Because OpenAI has never used copyrighted material
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Anthropic CEO downplays DeepSeek models, calls for more Chinese chip sanctions
Dario Amodei says DeepSeek-V3 is cheaper, but in line with expectations
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Trump: China's DeepSeek "a wakeup call" for US AI firms
As stock market rout leads to fears AI spending may have peaked
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Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft shares slump on DeepSeek AI training claims
The Chinese startup claims its model was trained for significantly less money than those developed by US labs
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Taiwan blames "natural deterioration" for latest subsea cable outage
Government officials don't suspect sabotage on this occasion
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TikTok drops ByteDance CDN in the US following brief shutdown
Comes as parent company plans $12bn AI chip splurge
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TikTok services return in US after Trump promises it will be un-banned
But could still be forced into a joint venture
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Biden Administration adds 16 new companies to Entity List
Restricted companies accused of posing a risk to US national security
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ByteDance to develop $614m AI data center in Shanxi province, China
TikTok owner increasing compute capacity to meet AI demands
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Chinese cloud firm Unisplendour seeks to raise $1bn - report
Cloud and IT infrastructure company considers second listing in Hong Kong
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Tech trade bodies caution Biden against implementing AI chip gatekeeping rule
Industry groups warn of "significant adverse consequences" if the legislation is rushed through
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China publishes list of its most powerful supercomputers, with no exascale systems to be found
List is largely unchanged since it was last published in 2023