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Ulanqab's AI Shift
China's potato city powers AI growth with green energy.
In brief
China's potato city powers AI growth with green energy. Ulanqab, China's 'potato capital', uses wind and solar to build green computing hubs as part of national AI strategy. Originally reported by Financialpost.
Ulanqab's identity
Ulanqab, a city in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is known as China's 'potato capital' and 'oat capital'.
Green computing push
Since China launched its national 'East Data, West Computing' project in 2022, Ulanqab has accelerated development of computing infrastructure.
Token city strategy
In late 2025, Ulanqab unveiled a three-year development strategy to build a 'token city' powered by green energy.
Economic growth
As of August 2026, Ulanqab had signed 109 computing center projects and generated 5.68 billion yuan (about $849 million) in revenue, up 40.3% year on year.
Xi's visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Ulanqab on Friday, calling for better use of wind and solar resources to develop green computing power.
Green advantages
With an average annual temperature of 4.3 degrees celsius, Ulanqab uses natural cooling for nearly 10 months of the year, reducing data center energy consumption.
The main idea
Ulanqab, China's 'potato capital', uses wind and solar to build green computing hubs as part of national AI strategy.
