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Servers in the ocean: World’s first offshore underwater AI data centre launched in China

China has officially launched the world’s first commercial offshore wind-powered underwater AI data centre off the coast of Shanghai’s Lingang Special Area. The futuristic facility contains nearly 2,000 servers housed inside pressure-resistant underwater modules positioned beside offshore wind turbines. Designed to support artificial intelligence workloads, big data processing and domestic…

The Times of India

China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offshore wind for power

China has begun full operations at a 24 MW underwater AI data center off Shanghai’s coast, using offshore wind power and seawater cooling to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency

Tom’s Hardware

Alibaba Just Unveiled a Massive AI Chip Cluster. Does That Make BABA Stock a Buy Here?

Alibaba unveiled a 10,000-chip AI cluster in China, marking a major step toward controlling its own AI infrastructure while keeping the bull case intact.

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Tech Brief (March 25): Xiaomi Logs First Quarterly Profit Drop Since 2022

China’s daily AI token calls surpass 140 trillion, China Telecom cuts 2026 capital expenditure

Caixin Global

Why You Still Can't Order the iPhone Air in China — And How Beijing's eSIM Approval Plays a Role

The launch of Apple's new iPhone Air in China has been put on hold, with the company's website indicating a delayed release.

International Business Times UK

US China Committee Subpoenas Chinese Telecom Giants Over American IP, Data Funneling Concerns

The House Select Committee on China has subpoenaed three Chinese telecom giants over concerns that it may have access to American data and may be funneling the information to the Chinese government.

International Business Times

China is quietly pushing ahead with massive 50,000Mbps broadband rollout to leapfrog rest of the world on internet speeds

Report claims China is reportedly quietly pushing ahead with massive 50,000Mbps broadband rollout.

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One of the world's largest mobile networks will train its trillion-parameter strong LLM on Huawei's AI chips as Nvidia, AMD are sidelined

China Telecom has trained two new powerful LLMs on Huawei's Ascend AI chips

TechRadar

State-owned China Telecom has trained domestic AI LLMs using homegrown chips — one model reportedly uses 1 trillion parameters

State-owned China Telecom claims to have trained two LLMs—one with a 100-billion parameter and another with one trillion—purely using homegrown AI accelerators.

Tom’s Hardware

China's telco companies are gradually shifting to Chinese CPUs — telecom giants switch hundreds of thousands of their servers to homegrown CPU platforms

China's telco giants are increasing their procurement of G-series servers, which are based on CPUs carrying a Chinese badge yet are based on American and U.K. ISAs or even developed in the U.S.

Tom’s Hardware

China Telecom Unit to Acquire Majority Stake in QuantumCTek for $265 Million

Quantum secure communications network provider says it will use the money raised to replenish its working capital

Caixin Global

Exclusive-China plans $500 million subsea internet cable to rival U.S.-backed project

Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed project, four people involved in the deal told Reuters. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war between Beijing and…

Reuters

Fire engulfs skyscraper in southern China

A massive fire sent flames and black smoke pouring from a 42-story skyscraper in central China on Friday.Dozens of floors burned in the China Telecom building in the city of Changsha, the capital of central Hunan province.The city’s fire department said it sent 280 firefighters who were able to quickly…

Evening Standard

Fire engulfs 42-story building in China; no deaths reported

A massive fire has sent flames and black smoke pouring from a 42-story skyscraper in central China belonging to the country’s largest telecoms operator, but no casualties were immediately reported

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Which Chinese Firms Face Delisting From US Stock Exchanges?

Geopolitical tensions between China and the US have escalated in recent years amid efforts by both countries to become the world’s economic powerhouse.

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