China ramps up building a national computing power network as AI token demand surges

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China is advancing the development of a national computing power network aimed at leveraging AI infrastructure. This initiative is seen as a strategic move to transform AI capabilities into a public utility, amid growing demand for AI tokens.

China is stepping up construction of a “national computing network”, aiming to turn artificial intelligence infrastructure into a public utility as token usage surges and telecoms operators seek new growth engines beyond mobile data and phone bills. The push was highlighted by national broadcaster China Central Television and state-backed Xinhua news agency, which described the network as a “computing version of the state grid”. The reports likened tokens – the basic units of text, code and...