DeepSeek Said to Order at Least 160K Huawei AI Accelerators for New Data Center: Report (DEEPSEEK:Private)
Bloomberg says DeepSeek’s reported Huawei chip order would support a roughly 1-gigawatt data center as China shifts AI computing to domestic hardware.
- According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek is reportedly preparing a large Huawei chip order for a new data center in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, though the order size remains unconfirmed.
- Aligning with China's The Eastern Data, Western Compute strategy, the project is part of a broader push that has directed around $27bn into computing projects in western regions to reduce energy costs.
- DeepSeek optimized its model for the Huawei Ascend when it launched in April, signaling a shift away from the Nvidia CUDA ecosystem toward domestic hardware alternatives.
- Jensen Huang described DeepSeek using Huawei chips as a "horrible outcome" for America, arguing that export controls risk pushing China's software ecosystem toward domestic alternatives.
- With its own inference chip under development with SMIC, the large Huawei order may serve as a bridge rather than a permanent hardware solution for DeepSeek.
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DeepSeek plans big Huawei AI chip order to power new data centre
The startup doesn’t currently plan to use the 950DT chips for training, one of the people said, even though Huawei designed and marketed these processors to serve that more demanding function. While DeepSeek tried to train its previous models on Huawei chips, it has so far relied on Nvidia accelerators for this crucial step.
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DeepSeek’s 160,000 Huawei Order Is A Real Threat To Nvidia In 2027 Roughly 350 kilometers northwest of Beijing, in the city of Ulanqab, DeepSeek is constructing a data center measured in gigawatts. Running at full capacity, the site would draw enough power to supply 750,000 homes. On Friday, Bloomberg reported that DeepSeek intends to fill a portion of this massive footprint with at least 160,000 of Huawei’s newest AI processors, the Ascend 950…
DeepSeek plans massive Huawei chip order for Mongolia data center
DeepSeek is set to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei Technologies at a hyperscale data center it is building in Inner Mongolia-a move aims to create one of the largest clusters of Huawei artificial...
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