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TL;DRChina is rapidly building massive AI data centers in Inner Mongolia with cheap construction and efficient cooling.
Why it matters: Geopolitical AI infrastructure race intensifies; China's cost advantages and energy access could shift global AI compute dominance.
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Nous Research unveils Arete-27B, a post-trained Qwen3.8-27B model
TL;DRNous Research fine-tuned a Chinese AI model to embed Western values instead.
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