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China's 'potato capital' cultivates new crop of data centres as AI boom takes root

CNA7 November 2026, 22:00 UTCPeople's Republic of China

On the windswept plains of China's Inner Mongolia, potato farms are making way for sprawling AI data centres. CNA visited Ulanqab, where the boom is transforming livelihoods and raising questions about water sustainability in a drought-prone region.

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