China has begun moving data centers to rural provinces where there is an energy glut

Beijing encourages companies to build data centers across the country; local technology giants Huawei and Tencent are actively building artificial intelligence infrastructure in rural provinces. In Guizhou Province, more than 800 kilometers northwest of Shenzhen, dozens of such facilities have been built in recent years, and construction of new facilities continues. Image source: Ricardo / unsplash.com