China Launches Shantou Compute Pipeline, Cutting AI Costs as Global Capacity Doubles in 2 Years

2 articles · Updated · CGTN · Jun 19

Shantou's cross-border compute pipeline has gone live, giving overseas users cheaper access to Chinese computing power as demand for AI infrastructure accelerates.
China is pairing that launch with larger regional buildouts, including a 300MW AI center breaking ground in Uzbekistan and a $5 billion data center planned in Batam, Indonesia.
Global computing capacity has doubled over the past two years, with China contributing 21% of that growth, underscoring its push to lower costs through cross-border coordination.
The projects point to a broader strategy of treating AI infrastructure as a distributed regional network rather than a standalone national buildout.

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