The Next Target in China's Secret War Against US Data Centers
Beijing has never been in a stronger position to lead, and a low-cost propaganda campaign on X is only one small sign that it’s apparently willing to do whatever it takes to win.Trying to slow the expansion of America's data centers is one way China is working to get ahead. China’s leaders have named it a key frontier technology, signaling its readiness to devote more resources, including generous state subsidies, toward its most successful players.China isn’t arguing about data centers; it needs AI to reignite its stagnant economy.
- ▪Beijing has never been in a stronger position to lead, and a low-cost propaganda campaign on X is only one small sign that it’s apparently willing to do whatever it takes to win.Trying to slow the expansion of America's data centers is one
- ▪China’s leaders have named it a key frontier technology, signaling its readiness to devote more resources, including generous state subsidies, toward its most successful players.China isn’t arguing about data centers; it needs AI to reignit
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...By John FengChina Editor0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Elon Musk’s X has shut down a suspected Chinese “bot farm” seeking to deepen divisions in the United States surrounding the cost of the AI boom to ordinary households. The “influence” operation fed off American public angst over AI infrastructure, especially data centers—and the next U.S.
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