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China subsidizes AI computing for small domestic companies — 'computing power vouchers' spread across multiple Chinese cities


SMBs in China may have up to 80% of their AI rental fees covered by local governments

The doctrine introduces vouchers as a means to lower R&D costs for smaller firms, as well as to make the most of China's quickly expanding data center footprint. The voucher program is paired with China's recently announced goals to develop a unified, nation-spanning network of high-power compute, spreading the load of all of the nation's various data centers. The nation recently made big news with the announcement of intentions to equip 39 new data centers with 115,000 illegal Nvidia Hopper GPUs, raising a great many logistical and legal questions.

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