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

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM · 1 min read
China's 'potato capital' cultivates new crop of data centres as AI boom takes root — Singapore Technology news

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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