{"slug": "deepseek-reportedly-plans-160000-chip-huawei-cluster-in-inner-mongolia", "title": "DeepSeek reportedly plans 160,000-chip Huawei cluster in Inner Mongolia", "summary": "DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT accelerators at a data center in Inner Mongolia, which would be among the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips, according to people familiar with the matter. The deployment schedule depends on Huawei's production capacity, and DeepSeek intends to use the processors for inference, not training, with the broader project targeting gigawatt-scale power consumption.", "body_md": "DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT accelerators at a data center it is building in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposed installation would be among the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips, although its deployment schedule depends on the chipmaker’s production capacity.\n\nThe AI developer intends to use the processors for inference, running its models to respond to users, and currently has no plans to use them for training. The planned chips would account for only part of the facility’s eventual capacity, with the broader project targeting power consumption on a gigawatt scale. The timing and scale remain reported plans rather than a completed deployment. [[Bloomberg](https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/deepseek-plans-big-huawei-ai-021120068.html)]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-reportedly-plans-160000-chip-huawei-cluster-in-inner-mongolia", "canonical_source": "https://technode.com/2026/09/07/deepseek-huawei-ascend-950dt-chips-inner-mongolia/", "published_at": "2026-09-07 05:28:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-07 06:26:52.112253+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["DeepSeek", "Huawei", "Huawei Ascend 950DT", "Inner Mongolia"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-reportedly-plans-160000-chip-huawei-cluster-in-inner-mongolia", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-reportedly-plans-160000-chip-huawei-cluster-in-inner-mongolia.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-reportedly-plans-160000-chip-huawei-cluster-in-inner-mongolia.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/deepseek-reportedly-plans-160000-chip-huawei-cluster-in-inner-mongolia.jsonld"}}