DeepSeek wants 160,000 Huawei AI chips for new data center
DeepSeek is planning to install at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT AI chips at its new data center in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar. If completed, this would be one of the world’s biggest clusters using Huawei’s best AI chips. The company aims to use these chips for running—rather than training—AI models. But actual deployment depends on Huawei’s ability to manufacture enough chips, which may take over a year.
- DeepSeek aims for 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT chips
- Deployment depends on Huawei's future production capacity
- Chips will run models, not train them
- Would be among largest known Huawei AI clusters
- Order fulfillment could take more than a year
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