
About this episode
In a remote part of China's northwestern Xinjiang region, dozens of data centers rise from the desert. A Bloomberg analysis of investor and tax documents and company filings found Chinese companies plan to buy more than 115,000 high-tech Nvidia chips — chips the US has banned from being exported to China – to power these centers, which could then be used for training AI models.
On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg’s Andy Lin and James Mayger about the story, and what it means for China’s AI master plan.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Get every episode summarized
Each time Big Take Asia publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Big Take Asia

Deadly Flooding in Nepal Highlights Asia’s Climate Vulnerability
Big Take Asia

How Two-Minute Microdramas Became a Billion-Dollar Industry
Big Take Asia

The Unexpected Rise of North Korea’s Economy
Big Take Asia

The Chinese AI Model Rattling Silicon Valley and Washington
Big Take Asia